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Grew up in Fairfax county in Virginia in 1725. High class, family was wealthy.

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From Mason regaurding slavery

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In the American Revolution, George Mason led the Virginia Patriots.

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George Mason refused to sign the Constitution and led the anti-federalist bloc in the Virginia convention.Mason advocated strong local government and a weak central government. He didnt agree on most of the things and proposed some of his own ideas that later been denied, then for a while wouldnt sign the constitution. He proposed the bill of rights preface.

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Virginia and New York wanted amendments to be added into the constitutions. Most other stated agreed to the constitution but not those two in paticular. So congress sent 12 amendments, 10 were approved which then became the bill of rights. Mason came to the convention very concerned with the amount of power being given to the federal government, and the convention's unwillingness to end the slave trade, so he wasnt sure at first. They also became a " Two house legislature".

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He viewed slavery as a type of poison and didnt approve of it at all. He was a slave owner but wasnt harsh. The 3/5 compromise- George mason thought slaves should be counted as part of the populaton. George Mason opposed counting a slave as equal to a free man.

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He was a widower of 9 children by 1755
wrote the declaration of rights for Virginia
Died in 1792

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Justice of the fair fax court
Owner of gunston hall
Active in military affairs
Public speaker