--- Sean Barrett sean@epoptic.org wrote:
Slaves (of any race) were counted as 3/5 of a free
preson,
not 2/3, for the number of seats in the House of
Representatives.
The seats of the Electoral College are the total
seats in
Congress - that is, 2 (senators) + the number of
representatives.
So, yes, the 3/5 did effect electoral college
representation,
but not directly.
And of course it was the North that insisted that slaves were less than a person. The slaveholders would have been very happy to have them counted as full persons for purposes of representation, as long they remained property. It was the Northern states that insisted on reducing the South's number of Congressmen.
I'm sorry about these inaccuracies, but how is this relevant? LDan
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