re: #146 jamesfirecat

In the US not only did we not let our slaves vote to start with but we counted them as 3/5ths of a person to help those who did own slaves get greater representation in the lower house.

What made America “the worlds first moral” nation exactly?

The slave-owning states wanted their slaves to count for a whole person and the non-slave-owning states did not want them to be counted at all.

Geez, if you are going to complain about the 3/5ths compromise at least take the time to learn what it was all about.