Balanced view
Edward Countryman
‘Came as close as a possible to having its basis in the consent of its people…. even by the standards of the day it was not democratic.’
- i.e. There still remained inequalities through a property qualification of $20 000 which was needed to vote or run for parliament
‘The Constitution neither strengthened nor undermined slavery; faced with a fundamental problem, the delegates chose to avert their gaze.’
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