By the end of the summer of 1787 there were at least seven sections where the framers had the system of slavery clearly in mind. These included all the following EXCEPT:
A) Article 1, Section 2, which counts slaves as three-fifths of a person.
B) Article 1, Section 8, which gives Congress authority to suppress slave and other insurrections.
C) Article 1, Section 9, which prevents the slave trade from being abolished before 1808.
D) Article 1, Sections 9 and 10, which exempt goods made by slaves from export duties.
E) Article 4, Section 2, which exempts the federal government from helping state governments put down domestic violence, including slave uprisings.

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Article 4, Section 2 actually requires the federal government to help in putting down domestic violence upon the request of a state legislature or governor, not exempt it from doing so. This could include assistance with slave uprisings.

By the End of the Summer of 1787 There Were