You're the one who is ignorant, along with most of the other posts on this board. The southern states were advocating they be counted as whole person so they could increase their representation in the government.Maroon Skittles said:5 4 said:TexanJeff said:Stone44 said:
Ignorant of truth and misinformed. A product of our current educational system that fills our young people with the left wing lies that we see today in our society.
I guess you don't remember the whole 3/5ths part of the constitution...
You're ignorant to the "whole 3/5th" intent. Be smarter and educate yourself.
Wow, so ignorant of history... 3/5 was an anti-slavery movement. It acknowledged African Americans as value, as people. The true racists considered them no differently than a horse or some other material object. Leading African American Freemen reviewed the Constitution and saw it at progress and an anti-slavery document disguised so that it could get ratified in the south
Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still know where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with.