Southern states would not approve it.
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The main reason that constitution did not proclaim that all men were born free equal in their rights is that all men are born at different places and different places have not free equal in their rights.
Southern states still had slaves, and wouldn't have been willing to ratify the Constitution if it made slaves free and/or equal to whites.
women
because if everyone were to enshrine those basic rights and freedoms in the constitution it will provide equal protection to everyone.
Equal rights amendment
Many countries that have dictators and communist governments. The US might be the ONLY nation that has INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS written into it's constitution.
Civil Rights became a part of the U.S. Constitution in 1868 when the 14th amendment was adopted. The 14th amendment grantees each citizen "equal protection of the laws".