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History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, Vol. 2

Note 370 — Chapter XV

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Mr. Madison stated in the Convention of Virginia in which the Constitution was ratified, that "this clause was expressly inserted, to enable owners of slaves to reclaim them." (Elliot's Debates, III. 453.)

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