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Originally Posted by patriot2342001
IF you are trying to trivialize the impact of slavery in the way the Constitution turned out as all as you are doing is showing your ignorance. Were prostitutes hunted down if they escaped their pimps, as the Constituion demanded for slaves? Were prostitutes counted as 3/5 of a person for representation sake?
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What amendment or section of the Constitution demaned that slaves be hunted down?
Actually, the 3/5 count was as a result of the non slave states. The slave states wanted to count them as a whole person but the non slave states said that would give too much representation to the slaves states. The 3/5's was actually a compromise since they didn't want to count them at all.