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Dark Bargain: Slavery, Profits, and the Struggle for the Constitution Lillenas Drama Resources of brilliantOn September 17, 1787, at the State House in Philadelphia, thirty nine men from twelve states, after months of often bitter debate, signed America's Constitution. Yet very few of the delegates, at the start, had had any intention of creating a nation that would last. Most were driven more by pragmatic, regional interests than by idealistic vision. Many were meeting for the first time, others after years of contention, and the inevitable clash of