THURSDAY, August 30, 1787.

Article 18, being taken up,

On a question for striking out “domestic violence,” and inserting “insurrections,” it passed in the negative,—­New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, aye—­5; New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, no—­6.—­pp. 1466-7.

MONDAY, September 10, 1787.

Mr. RUTLEDGE said he never could agree to give a power by which the articles relating to slaves might be altered by the States not interested in that property, and prejudiced against it.  In order to obviate this objection, these words were added to the proposition:  “provided that no amendments, which may be made prior to the year 1808 shall in any manner affect the fourth and fifth sections of the seventh Article:”—­p. 1536.

TUESDAY, September 13, 1787.

Article 1, Section 2.  On motion of Mr. RANDOLPH, the word “servitude” was struck out, and “service” unanimously[8] inserted, the former being thought to express the condition of slaves, and the latter the obligations of free persons.

[Footnote 8:  See page 372 of the printed journal.]

Mr. DICKENSON and Mr. WILSON moved to strike out, “and direct taxes,” from Article 1, Section 2, as improperly placed in a clause relating merely to the Constitution of the House of Representatives.

Mr. GOUVERNEUR MORRIS.  The insertion here was in consequence of what had passed on this point; in order to exclude the appearance of counting the negroes in the representation.  The including of them may now be referred to the object of direct taxes, and incidentally only to that of representation.

On the motion to strike out, “and direct taxes,” from this place,—­

New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, aye—­3; New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, no—­8.—­pp. 1569-70.

SATURDAY, September 15, 1787.

Article 4, Section 2, (the third paragraph,) the term “legally” was struck out; and the words, “under the laws thereof,” inserted after the word “State,” in compliance with the wish of some who thought the term legal equivocal, and favoring the idea that slavery was legal in a moral view.—­p. 1589.

Mr. GERRY stated the objections which determined him to withhold his name from the Constitution:  1-2-3-4-5-6, that three-fifths of the blacks are to be represented, as if they were freemen.—­p. 1595.

LIST OF MEMBERS
OF THE FEDERAL CONVENTION WHO FORMED THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE UNITED STATES.

From Attended.
New Hampshire, 1 John Langdon, July 23, 1787.
                    John Pickering,
                   2 Nicholas Gilman, " 23.
                    Benjamin West,
Massachusetts, Francis Dana,