It was, in fact, a concession by the slaveholding south to anti-slavery opinion. One can always debate the merits of compromises, but counting slaves as full citizens for apportionment purposes, when they had no legal rights, would have been much worse.https://twitter.com/natalie_allison/status/1389603810142789632 …
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You overstate the direct power of Morris, Paterson and Gerry (who did not sign the Constitution). The convention's main concern was to write a Constitution that could get ratified in both VA and MA. The 3/5 clause almost sunk ratification in both states.
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He is never going to admit he is wrong.
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