So, at the #DNC2020, @kerrywashington said "black people were considered three-fifths of a human being." #FactCheck: False. Slaves — not named as such in the Constitution — were counted as 3/5 for proportional representation. #DemConvention 1/3
This was a defeat for Southern slave states like Virginia, which wanted masters to have more political power and count slaves as 1 person for proportional representation. 3/5 was a compromise. This is a deceptive talking point. 2/3
Finally, free black people were counted as a full person for representation. While slavery was a heinous evil that the Founders made compromises to limit but did not expunge, people only muddy the waters with @kerrywashington's false claim. 3/3
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