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What sis the main reason that the constition did not proclaim that all men were born free and equal in thier rights?
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What sis the main reason that the constition did not proclaim that all men were born free and equal in thier rights?

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Southern states in the US owned slaves and the Founding Fathers were afraid that it would not be ratified by the slave states if it was included in the Constitution.

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