"Slavery hung over the Philadelphia Convention, threatening to divide northern and southern delegates.. The Founding
Fathers were more determined to fashion a new nation than
they were to bring an end to slavery."
-- Kermit Hall, historian, The Law of American Slavery, 1987
Which provision of the Constitution best exemplifies Hall's
argument in the excerpt?
O Elastic Clause
O Great Compromise
O New Jersey Plan
O Three-Fifths Clause