Originally Posted by
bobman
The founding fathers knew ending slavery was impossible at that point in time if their goal to form the United States. The southern colonies economy depended on slavery. Those colonies would not and could not abolish slavery at the time
So they intentionally (this is critical to understand) made no mention of slavery anywhere in the constitution, or the declaration to leave the option to abolish slavery open to future generations.
If you read the founding fathers papers and letters they discuss this very issue in in them.
Europeans have no understanding of The United States and who we are.