By asking the role. Hope you got something from my A
It allowed for slaves to be counted as people halfway to please the abolitionists, but didn't allow them to be citizens to please the pro-slavery side.
"I hope therefore that for our own sakes as a part of the people, and for the sake of posterity, we shall act heartily and unanimously in recommending this Constitution (if approved by Congress & confirmed by the Conventions) wherever our influence may extend, and turn our future thoughts & endeavors to the means of having it well administred."
I am pretty sure that Assimilation is the adoption of another's culture