Historian Interpretation #1
Never did the delegates consider eradicating slavery. The Revolutionary rhetoric of freedom and
equality had been left behind; Americans in general and the delegates to the Convention in particular
wanted a united, well-ordered, and prosperous society in which private property-including slave
property-would be secure.
Source: John P. Kaminski, A Necessary Evil? Madison, Wisconsin: Madison House, 1995. P.42.
Summarize the author's argument and reasoning here: