he thought they would help in the south, and didn't want slavery to be abolished. In the year of the Constitutional Convention, his home state, CT had over 2,000 slaves.
Johnson believes that slaves should be counted the same as other people for determining a state's representation in the national legislative.
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The Philadelphia Convention, also known as the Constitutional Convention, took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,The convention convened in the Pennsylvania State House on Chestnut Street between 5th and 6th Streets. George Washington was unanimously elected as president of the convention.In late July, the convention appointed a Committee of Detail to draft a document based on the agreements that had been reached. After another month of discussion and refinement, a second committee, the Committee of Style and Arrangement, headed by Gouverneur Morris, and including Hamilton, William Samuel Johnson, Rufus King, and Madison, produced the final version, which was submitted for signing on September 17. Morris is credited now, as then, as the chief draftsman of the final document, including the stirring preamble.
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he thought they would help in the south, and didn't want slavery to be abolished. In the year of the Constitutional Convention, his home state, CT had over 2,000 slaves.
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William was born on October 7, 1727 and died November 14, 1819. He lived for 92 years, and was the oldest Constitutional Covention member.
William Samuel Johnson died on November 14, 1819.
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He did not have any slaves
No. He declined. And I believe you mean the Constitutional Convention not Confederation. Also you could of check other answers that other users asked and were answered.
Both men feared that it would establish a strong central government.