What was the greatest concern of the authors of the federalist papers, preserving social liberties or ensuring national security?

They are afraid that making the central government weaker than the states could potentially cause division in the country and lead to secession.

Explanation:

At that time, the initial draft of the constitution give the central government with very little power of the states. For example The central government was unable to collect taxes from the states, they were not free to mobilize military force to the states, and the federal government's law do not have supremacy over the states' law.

The authors of the federalists believe that this will cause a lot of problem in our country.

Examples of threat to social liberties :

if one state decided to conduct a massive discrimination to a certain group of citizens, the central government will have very little influence to stop it .

Examples of threat to national security :

The central government would't be able stop the states from conducting businesses with other countries that they consider as rival.

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the aksumite empire was an ancient kingdom located in what is now northern ethiopia from the period of 100 ad to 940 ad. its capital was the city of aksum. the kingdom established itself as one of the 4 great powers at its time, along with persia, rome, and china.

the kingdom was rich in goods like gold, iron, and salt. it established strong commercial ties with the regions governed by rome, egypt, and persia (arabia). aksum was a key location in this commercial network. trade was also facilitated with the introduction of the aksumite currency.