In the Preamble to the United States Constitution, the white founders cite prominently "We the People," but this phrase does not encompass the one-fifth of the population then enslaved or the large Indigenous population.

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The phrase "We the People" in the Preamble did not fully represent the enslaved African Americans or the Indigenous populations at the time, as these groups were largely excluded from the political and legal rights the Constitution was establishing.

In the Preamble to the United States Constitution, the White