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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (762757)	1/9/2014 3:29:11 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574956

Sheesh, you need to update your copy of the constitution. The version you're citing is more than 200 years old.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (762757)	1/9/2014 3:44:40 PM
From: Blasher	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574956

just so you know, that "3/5 of a human" was a GOOD thing. even the great! Frederick Douglass (black) thought so. Douglass sided with Gerrit Smith and the Liberty party's position that the United States' founding documents were anti-slavery. In his most famous speech, ‘What To the Slave Is The Fourth of July?,’ he detailed what would come to be regarded as his signature positions, such as the view that slavery was unconstitutional and contrary to natural law, that blacks were self-evidently human and entitled to natural rights, and that slavery was contrary to the U.S. Constitution, American Republicanism, and Christian doctrine. The "3/5 compromise" only applied to slaves and was added in an effort to help slave-states FREE their slaves so they can count as a whole for the purposes of state-power in the government. There is NO mention of slavery anywhere in the Constitution. The founding fathers were mostly ashamed of having slavery heaped upon them and fought hard to stop it. The "3/5 compromise" was but one of many things they did to hold this country together . . having to compromise to keep the slave-heavy, money-rich, agri-business states in the Union. Again, no one is here to judge your intelligence . . but before spewing your biased talking points, do a little research for yourself and form your own opinions. Don't just shout what you're told to.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (762757)	1/9/2014 4:08:56 PM
From: d[-_-]b	2 Recommendations Recommended By Brumar89 FJB Respond to of 1574956

You mean like the Constitution says blacks are 3/5 of a human I feel sorry for you wandering through life so stupid and ignorant. That's not what it says or meant - it was a way to nullify the power of the slave owning Democrats in the southern states. They wanted their "property" to be counted when they cast their votes for their slaves.