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Re:The real prices of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini by coredog64 on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @04:15PM (#24781032)
The 3/5ths compromise was about giving less representation to slaveholder states, and was not a moral judgment on the value of slaves.

Slaveholder states would have been perfectly happy for representation to be 1:1 for slaves vs. non-slaves.

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Re:The real prices of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini by jandrese on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @04:57PM (#24781508)
Right, they had less representation so they needed to make up for the loss of power with the Electoral College system.
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Re:The real prices of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini by quickthrowman on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @10:30PM (#24784226)
Right, the Electoral College and the Senate benefitted slaveholders by granting them more political power, not the 3/5ths compromise.
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