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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, actually, the Constitution does not say "all men are created equal." I can see you didn't pay attention in history class or civics. [b]The Consitution does say blacks are 3/5 of a human being.[/b][/quote]

No, the Constitution doesn't say this. (Speaking of paying attention in history class or civics.)

Article 1, Section 2, Paragraph 3 of the Constitution says, "Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this
Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons."

In other words (I am not a lawyer):  The number of representatives a state has will be based on state's population, which we will calculate as the number of free people (including indentured servants, but excluding Indians who don't have to pay taxes) plus three-fifths of the number of slaves.[/quote]

Sorry, pp, but the other pp is right. It's commonly accepted that the effect of this is to refer to slaves (and as a proxy, blacks) as 60% human. I get that you're a lawyer and all, but you need to think about the real-world implications of what it says on paper once in a while.

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