11-06-2020, 11:51 AM
(11-06-2020, 11:46 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: It wasn't really anti-slavery. The whole reason behind it was to not give slave-holding states more outsized power in the government. Since slaves, which were property, couldn't vote the non-slave states did not want them counted for apportionment.
Yes I knew it was to keep their representative power down. I guess the reason may not be so gregarious. Or is it magnanimous?
Edit: OK I looked it up. Definitely not gregarious. Maybe i meant magnanimous the whole time.
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