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Old 05-29-2008, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by nathanbforrest45 View Post
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.
Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3


Dude, if it was up to the free states slaves would not have counted at all. I mean come on
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