The Importance of Getting History Right, Part 2
Examining the Evidence: Do Racist and Pro-Slavery Elements Exist in the Constitution of 1787?
7/29/16
The Three-Fifths Clause isn’t the only clause in the Constitution to which people point when they claim the Constitution of 1787 was pro-slavery and racist. But was it really? This post explores this question by looking not only at the wording of the Constitution, but also at the world of 1787, the thinking of the several of the Founding Fathers, and some of the challenges confronting the new nation.
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