There were several "slave states" at the Constitutional Convention because the South had an agrarian economy supported by slave labor.
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Virginia called for a constitutional convention in 1829 to revise the state's framework of government.
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During the American Constitutional Convention that formally began its proceedings in 1787, the smallest state (in terms of land-area) represented was Delaware. Rhode Island, the smallest state of the 'Original 13,' declined to send delegates to the Convention.
Rhode Island was the only state that didn't send delegates to the Constitutional Convention. It was also the last state to ratify the Constitution.
It allowed slavery where approved by the citizens of a state