A search of "A View of the Constitution of the United States of America," located at the following web page,

http://books.google.com/books?id=akEbAAAAYAAJ&dq=Rawls+%22A+view+of+the+Constitution%22&printsec=frontcover&source=in&hl=en&ei=vy2rSZDyBpW6tweoo6jfDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=18&ct=result

. . . reveals one instance of the word "slavery" and two instances of the word "slave." Neither of these three occurrences have a thing to do with ratification of the Constitution.

Good idea, Doyle, nevertheless.