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Did they really think that would help somehow?

What, was saying black people are only worth half a white person too offensive?
Why 3/5ths? Why not 7/9ths or 83/245ths or some stupid arbitrary number like that.

If you're gonna be racist, you may as well go all-out. >__>

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HylianFox posted...

Did they really think that would help somehow?

The south wanted slaves counted for representatives, but didn't want them to vote.
That's all the 3/5ths Rule was.

"I'm not racist! I still think you're a person (just 3/5 of one)"

Probably something like that

It didn't technically classify any specific race as three fifths a person. It just says that "all other persons" (not free people or untaxed Indians) will be recorded as three fifths a person for population purposes.

Obviously we all know what it really means, and it's sad because this dumb shit was only put in the Constitution to appease Southerners in the first place.

The United States House of Representatives is the lower house of the United States Congress; the Senate is the upper house. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.

The composition of the House is established by Article One of the United States Constitution. The House is composed of representatives who sit in congressional districts allocated to each state on a basis of population as measured by the U.S. Census,
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Questionmarktarius posted...

The south wanted slaves counted for representatives, but didn't want them to vote.
That's all the 3/5ths Rule was.

This. They weren't trying to sidestep racism, this was just a racist middle ground the South and North met at.

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