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Why did the Constitution allow slavery to continue, if the Declaration of Independence claimed that “all men are created equal”?

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because if economic purposes. Also, the phrase all men means all white men and not the blacks who are used as slaves.

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The Constitution allowed slavery to continue even though the Declaration of Independence claimed that all men are created equal"because if economic purposes. Also, the phrase all men means all white men and not the blacks who are used as slaves.

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