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Description
This lecture touches upon slavery as it relates to counting enslaved persons for the purposes of taxation and apportionment in what would become known as the Three-Fifths Compromise. In his notes, Duke points to sectional differences and strife that long predated the Civil War.
Excerpt
“Representation on the Basis of the total number of white inhabitants and 3/5 of slaves was agreed to after considerable strife between North and South and was one of the Compromises of the Constitution.” (16)
Date
1873/03/18