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The current '''Constitution of the United States''' was adopted on March 4, 1789, replacing the [[Articles of Confederation]]. It increased the centralized power of the state and created a national army to fight against indigenous nations, [[Slavery|slave]] rebellions, and the [[Proletariat|working class]]. The Constitution legalized slavery and required runaway slaves to be returned to their owners.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Crystal Kim|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]|title=Of, by, and for the elite: The class character of the U.S. Constitution|date=2022-10-19|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/class-character-of-the-u-s-constitution/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101071009/https://www.liberationschool.org/class-character-of-the-u-s-constitution/|archive-date=2022-11-01|retrieved=2022-11-24}}</ref> Both writers of the Constitution, [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[James Madison]], owned slaves.<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Domenico Losurdo]]|year=2011|title=Liberalism: A Counter-History|chapter=What Is Liberalism?|page=12|publisher=Verso|isbn=9781844676934|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=5BB3406BC2E64972831A1C00D5D4BFE4|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacebhsj2yxuoudkhkjp6lzgr5jvgyhu76zxe4gw3d65gpg32a6nded4?filename=Domenico%20Losurdo%2C%20Gregory%20Elliott%20-%20Liberalism_%20A%20Counter-History-Verso%20%282011%29.pdf}}</ref> | The current '''Constitution of the United States''' was adopted on March 4, 1789, replacing the [[Articles of Confederation]]. It increased the centralized power of the state and created a national army to fight against indigenous nations, [[Slavery|slave]] rebellions, and the [[Proletariat|working class]]. The Constitution legalized slavery and required runaway slaves to be returned to their owners.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Crystal Kim|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]|title=Of, by, and for the elite: The class character of the U.S. Constitution|date=2022-10-19|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/class-character-of-the-u-s-constitution/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101071009/https://www.liberationschool.org/class-character-of-the-u-s-constitution/|archive-date=2022-11-01|retrieved=2022-11-24}}</ref> Both the writers of the Constitution, [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[James Madison]], owned slaves.<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Domenico Losurdo]]|year=2011|title=Liberalism: A Counter-History|chapter=What Is Liberalism?|page=12|publisher=Verso|isbn=9781844676934|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=5BB3406BC2E64972831A1C00D5D4BFE4|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzacebhsj2yxuoudkhkjp6lzgr5jvgyhu76zxe4gw3d65gpg32a6nded4?filename=Domenico%20Losurdo%2C%20Gregory%20Elliott%20-%20Liberalism_%20A%20Counter-History-Verso%20%282011%29.pdf}}</ref> | ||
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