You are correct. But the fact that it separated a group and counted them as less than a person is a racist practice, I think.
At 12:32 PM 12/18/2001 -0600, you wrote: > >From what I recall from that is that it wasn't based on Racism but the >opposite. It was one way for the North to prevent the South from having >a disproportionate number of representatives, thereby being able to >perpetuate slavery legally. By allowing slaves to only be considered >3/5th's of a person, the north was able to reduce the south's >representation. Well, that's what my history teacher told me. ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
