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Opposed to slavery, quotes
==Passing==
==Passing==
Mr. Morris died at Morrisania, November 5, 1816.
Mr. Morris died at Morrisania, November 5, 1816.
==Legacy==
Morris, like many other Founding Fathers, was ardently opposed to the institution of slavery. He spoke out against slavery several times at the [[Constitutional Convention]].
==Quotes==
* (Gouverneur Morris) was compelled to declare himself reduced to the dilemma of doing injustice to the Southern States or to human nature, and he must therefore do it to the former. For he could never agree to give such encouragement to the slave trade as would be given by allowing them a representation for their negroes, and he did not believe those States would ever confederate on terms that would deprive them of that trade.<ref>[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_711.asp Madison Debates, July 11, 1787]</ref>
==Further reading==
==Further reading==