I don't know about all that. This is sounding quite a bit white-washy and idealistic.

> It was better than nothing in practice and genuinely good in principle.

I don't think the people who were considered property instead of humans would agree.

> But we need to remember that it was made in a cruel time as a compromise between flawed people.

We don't live in a fair and just time full of perfect people today either, what is the specific distinction you're trying to make between then and now regarding people or society? Slavery? Slavery is still legal in much of the US...today.

Many of the Founding Fathers themselves were racist slave-owning pieces of shit. Among other horrendous things.

They shouldn't be put on a pedestal or lionized. Ditto for the Constitution.