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Three-Fifths Compromise: Black History Month, Part 9

One of the most morally reprehensible passages in the original Constitution was the Three-Fifths Compromise, which counted enslaved people for purposes of representation, not to protect the interests of the enslaved people, but to advance the interests of the slaveholders. Here's how it happened: the Framers of the Constitution agreed that there should be proportional representation in the House of Representatives, but disagreed on whether to count enslaved people for purposes of representation. Southern states held many enslaved people in bondage, but Northern states held few. The two sides came to a compromise: they would count three out of every five enslaved people, hence the term "Three-Fifths Compromise." Sadly, this would remain in the Constitution until the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868. 60-Second Civics, Episode 4540: February 9, 2022 Subscribe and take the Daily Civics Quiz at http://civiced.org/60-second-civics The show’s theme song is “Complacent” by Cheryl B. Engelhardt. You can find Cheryl online at cbemusic.com. Images: Slide 1 Center for Civic Education; Slide 2: Center for Civic Education and Canva; Slide 3: Library of Congress, https://lccn.loc.gov/gm71005423; Slide 4: Going to Market, Near Savannah, Georgia, 1875; Slide 5: 1790 Census Schedule, National Archives and Records Administration; Slide 6: Richard Stein, Center for Civic Education; Slides 7 and 8: Center for Civic Education and Canva