It is also true that a considerable number of the Framers sincerely believed that slavery was already on the wane, that it had been on the wane since the Revolution, and that it would eventually disappear of its own accord. They therefore were willing to accept the compromises in the Constitution for the sake of a brighter future of whose coming they were very confident. Roger Sherman observed “that the abolition of slavery seemed to be going on in the United States, and that the good sense of the several States would probably by degrees complete it.” Similarly, his fellow Connecticut delegate
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End of slavery inevitable
