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Because one person, one vote. I don't give two shits how many acres you own, you should get one vote (and that was the justification from the beginning -- a com
by jowiar 10y ago
Because one person, one vote. I don't give two shits how many acres you own, you should get one vote (and that was the justification from the beginning -- a compromise so slaveholding scum would be overcounted). The country would have been so much better had Sherman executed the treasonous slavers, rather than burning the land. But alas, the story of the US is "well-meaning moderates" bending over themselves to placate backwater racist scum.
- elastic_church 10y agoSlavery was added to the Articles and Constitution because South Carolina's support was deemed as critical to the rebellion against Britain. The other colonies begrudgingly added this, opting for changes to the wording of the clause to enshrine slavery into the constitution, and did everything they could to violate their constitution until South Carolina wrote them back saying it is best if South Carolina exited.