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i could understand very well the french canadians didn t want to come into this revolution. the canada we know was people who went to nova scotia, some went to québec, largely. so it was a result of the revolution that the canada we know is predominantly a british .. and subsequently there was something called canada invited in to settle their territory. you can well imagine a population that had a substantial component of loyalists might not have been the most excited about joining the united states. host: to e-mails about slavery. this is from noel in fairfield connecticut. can you tell how many and which philadelphia convention delegates were also slaveholders? and from tim anderson in michigan, there were several are divisive issues discussed at the constitutional convention, particularly slavery? what kept the convention together with those controversial issues? why didn t the states walk out of the convention instead of compromising? guest: i have not seen ....