Why Were The Radical Republicans Radical?

[My Name Is Kate]

Why was the Constitution not more clear on something as important as the subject of slavery, or was it deliberately vague because slavery obviously went against that other stuff about all men (forget about women...) being created equal, etc.? And if the Constitution was so vague about slavery that different politicians could interpret it in different ways to suit their purposes, why would the slave states have consented to ratify the Constitution and become a part of the Union?

Rhetorical question: Is vagueness and deception the essence of politics?

One thing I do not think I am wrong about: There never should have been any concessions made to slavery in the Constitution, and if that meant forming a Union out of only free states, that was the moral thing to do.