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Handout D: Analysis: Debate about Article I, Section 9, Clause 1

Directions: In each of the Statements columns, mark Y (Yes) if the statement applies; mark N (No) if it does not apply; mark X if you cannot determine the position from the document excerpt. In the appropriate columns labeled Moral, Economic, and Political, summarize or paraphrase the arguments of each speaker (not every speaker uses all three types of argument). Please remember that several of the speakers have more than one passage.

SPEAKER STATEMENT STATEMENT STATEMENT ARGUMENT ARGUMENT ARGUMENT
He supports slavery. He supports some regulation of slavery. He supports taxation on slaves as imported property Moral Economic Political
Martin
Rutledge
Ellsworth
Pinckney
Sherman
Mason
Genl. Pinckney
Dickinson
King
Langdon