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How are slaves referred to in the Constitution?

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Answer:

The United States Constitution referrs to enslaved

African Americans as "Persons".

Step-by-step explanation:

All three clauses referred to slaves as "Persons" and not property. Also, the fact that the word "slave" was never written in the Constitution demonstrated that slavery was not accepted by all the Framers, and they hoped it would be eliminated.

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