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In reply to the discussion: The US ruling class are traitors who are deliberately dismantling US productive capacity, [View all]onenote
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Article I Section 2:
Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other persons.
You may not realize this, but the opponents of slavery didn't want to count slaves at all, while (not surprisingly) it was the slaveholding states that wanted to count them fully since it would increase their representation in Congress. Puts a much different light on the situation than your post since I assume you wouldn't have supported the slaveholders position (even though your post implies that was a more "moral" position). Helps to study history.
The 3/5ths compromise was eventually repealed by the 14th Amendment, of course.