The U.S. Constitution privileged slave owners in all the following ways except A. Protecting the slave trade for at least 20 yea
rs B. Provision of a fugitive slave law C. B oosting the representation of slave owning states in the House of Representatives a electoral college Reserving a majority of seats on the Supreme Court for southerners D.
While James Madison boasted that he never left the proceedings for more than “a casual fraction of an hour,” his fellow delegates were not as fastidious.