Talk:Articles of Confederation/Comments

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I believe the article is well researched and informative, but has one glaring flaw. It does not address the issue of slavery, which was the one contentious issue impeding progress in both the formulation of the Articles of Confederation and the final Constitution. The conflict between the northern states, which were by and large anti-slavery and the southern states, which furiously endeavored to maintain their rights to a slave economy, nearly derailed the organization of the colonies into an effective continental army capable of fighting the British; it nearly derailed the very formation of the United States.

Any article which addresses the origins of the Revolutionary War, the formulation of the Articles of Confederation, or the Constitution as ultimately written, should include information on the manner in which the issue of slavery was handled. Cd195 17:44, 11 March 2007 (UTC)