GOP state lawmakers: The Three-Fifths Compromise was actually good
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Republican lawmakers across the country are moving to restrict teaching about systemic racism in our education system, targeting critical race theory. But in the course of doing so, some are attempting to rewrite a very pertinent part of that history.
Twice in recent weeks, Republican state lawmakers have defended the infamous “Three-Fifths Compromise” the constitutional agreement by which enslaved people would count as three-fifths of a person for representation purposes by arguing that it was actually somehow anti-slavery.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com .
TOPICS: The left is having great fun with articles such as this one. All the usual suspects have taken part. Here is my take on the issue.