References to Slavery in the Constitution

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Source:

America's Founding Documents

The Constitution of the United States

National Archives

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution

Articles of the Constitution

The spelling and punctuation reflect the original.

 

Sources:

National Constitution Center

https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/full-text

 

America's Founding Documents

The Constitution of the United States

National Archives

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution