LOL! Whoopi Goldberg Issues Warning to Clarence Thomas, Suggests the Supreme Court will Bring Back Slavery
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The 3/5ths had to do with trying to LIMIT slave state's representation in the house of reps. It was pushed by Northern Abolitionists. It was the first volley to do away with slavery. And women weren't counted at all.
This was part of the Connecticut Compromise which set up not just the 3/5 rule for slaves, but the equal state representation of the Senate and the population-adjusted representation in the House, with the House having the power of the purse.
Southern states wanted to count each slave as 1 person in determining how many Representatives they could send to the House. Northern states, which were less populous, wanted equal representation among states, and actually did not want to count slaves as people.
The Connecticut Compromise established the Congressional structure as it is today, and implemented the 3/5 rule in counting spaces as people. Thus Connecticut is known as the "Constitution State," which is proudly displayed on their license plates.
None of this changes the fact that Whoopi Goldberg is a damn fool for thinking 3/5 is the same as a quarter.
Yes. George Mason, Frederick Douglas, Gov of New York and other abollitionslists supported 3/5ths as a compromise, otherwise no union. Two countries.