How did most Americans during the time of the Revolutionary War reconcile the
rhetoric of liberty and the widespread system of slavery?



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How did most Americans during the time of the Revolutionary War reconcile the rhetoric of liberty and the widespread system of slavery?

The answer is: that they didn't. Most Americans during this period were not in favor of slavery. However, they also did not see it as their place to challenge the institution or try to change it. The Constitution itself was written with language that made it clear that slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of determining how many representatives each state would get in Congress. This means that many Americans at this point were still not willing to question whether or not slavery should exist. They were more concerned with how much power each state would have in Congress than whether or not it was morally right for people to own other people as property.

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