GOP lawmaker: Three-Fifths Compromise was to end slavery
A Tennessee Republican falsely declared Tuesday that an 18th century policy designating a slave as three-fifths of a person ...
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Tennessee Lawmaker Is Criticized for Remarks on Three-Fifths Compromise
NASHVILLE — The Three-Fifths Compromise, an agreement reached during the negotiations in 1787 to create the United States Constitution, ...