old article, but: tilted playing field in the House

[Mr. Reactionary]

gotta hand it to those slave-owning tobacco plantation owners back in 1787, they cut one Hell of deal.

Most of the small states when the Constitution passed weren't really plantation states ... in terms of population, a majority of the smallest states (in order) was 1. Delaware, 2. Rhode Island, 3. Georgia, 4. New Hampshire, 5. Connecticut, 6. South Carolina 7. Maryland

Pretty even balance geographically ... 3 northern, 2 southern, 2 mid-atlantic.