Interesting fact, however: even though the 3/5 clause constrained the power of slave states (at least compared to counting slaves 1:1 with free citizens), it was retained in the Confederate Constitution. https://twitter.com/justkarl/status/1137519988611440640 …
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Replying to @baseballcrank
Wasn't the confederacy all slave states? The rule would have had no real effect.
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Replying to @drivenbyart
All slave states, but not all had an equal proportion of slaves.
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