Founding Documents: The Constitution
Civics 101
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The Three Fifths Compromise
Even in those free states, you still had men who had grown up with slaves. So it's not fair to say we developed on a slavery basis and now you guys can't. The compromise part of this is in the name, of course, the three fifths compromise. Native Americans also appear in Article 1, but they aren't counted for tax or representative purposes.
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