"The clause was demanded by Southern proponents of slavery as a way of enhancing their congressional representation. They wanted slaves to be counted as full persons but settled on three-fifths. People of African descent would have had no real rights either way. The inclusion of the clause greatly enhanced the South’s political power and made it harder to abolish slavery. The clause was effectively eliminated after the Civil War by the Thirteenth Amendment."The other day, we noted Ewwww's political extremism and militant homophobia, and no doubt that in the weeks and months ahead, he'll give us more twisted gibberish to comment on.
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