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Cory
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« on: September 14, 2015, 03:49:42 PM »

Well, to be fair, otherwise the Southern States would be able to inflate their influence by counting slaves as "persons" in the context of drawing Congressional districts. Not having the three-fifths compromise would have strengthened the hand of the slave holding elites.
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« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2015, 03:58:27 PM »

But what were they supposed to do? Just let the Southern States count their slaves and get free House seats?

Don't get me wrong America had a lot of racism in it's founding but the Three-Fifths Compromise if often cited as evidence of this, when the reality is more complicated.
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