Actually, Patrick Henry and others did. Samuel Adams told his wife, who had inherited a slave, that she would either enter the house as a free woman or not at all. This was reported by a niece of his and recorded in Ira Stoll's Samuel Adams, A Life. Patrick Henry was a harder case, granted. He had many slaves and did not know what the best solution was. But all of them hoped for a solution to the slavery problem, and Thomas Jefferson freed his slaves in his will. As for women, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail about that issue. They intended to both protect the rights of single, male landowners and the rights of protection that women had from their husbands. Look at the progress (regress, actually) that the whole feminist movement has caused- Women are actually more exploited now than they were: if you don't believe me, here are some stats and stories that relate to abortion alone:
Actually, Patrick Henry and others did. Samuel Adams told his wife, who had inherited a slave, that she would either enter the house as a free woman or not at all. This was reported by a niece of his and recorded in Ira Stoll's Samuel Adams, A Life. Patrick Henry was a harder case, granted. He had many slaves and did not know what the best solution was. But all of them hoped for a solution to the slavery problem, and Thomas Jefferson freed his slaves in his will. As for women, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail about that issue. They intended to both protect the rights of single, male landowners and the rights of protection that women had from their husbands. Look at the progress (regress, actually) that the whole feminist movement has caused- Women are actually more exploited now than they were: if you don't believe me, here are some stats and stories that relate to abortion alone:
Stories:
https://www.unitedfamilies.org/life/abortion/women-exploited-by-abortion-nancyjo-manns-story/
https://afterabortion.org/the-elliot-institutes-mission-and-ministry/
http://theunchoice.com/elliotinstitute.htm
BTW, Samuel Adams would not endorse the Constitution without a Bill of Rights.