The people of the colonies. moreover. evidently took the freedom for granted: witness the constant movement between colonies and to the West. That may explain why the freedom was not more clearly recognized in writing. The Declaration of Independence goes no further than to list as a grievance the restrictions which George III placed upon emigration. The Articles of Confederation merely guaranteed free movement between different colonies. though the colonies. not yet joined in a more perfect Union. were more like foreign countries to each other than the United States are today. Perhaps the most direct documentary evidence is to be found in the Pennsylvania Constitution of 1790 which declared "that emigration from the State shall not be prohibited." These sources. taken together. and viewed in the light of the ninth amendment. warrant the assumption that omission of the words "right to travel" was not intended to eliminate the right. Nor is the omission inconsistent with a specific intention to include the right in free speech. The Constitution was designed to guide the United States for an indefinite period of time.
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