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The 3/5ths Compromise was not saying that some people were only 3/5ths of a person. Abolitionists didn't want slaves counted for the purposes of the census and enumeration so that white voters in slave states weren't over-represented. They ultimately compromised to count 3/5ths of the slave population, which gave white voters in slave states more voting weight than voters in other states.Originally Posted by Chris
They were not considered "people" with a capacity to contract. So legally they were political non-entities.Originally Posted by RichardMZhlubb
There have been lots of slave rebellions throughout history. The point is that societies, particularly their political classes, rarely considered slavery something to debate. For example, the Nat Turner rebellion produced a debate for a more humane slavery, promoted by authors such as Thomas Dew. The Book of Exodus, Spartacus, and so forth are well known, but didn't spawn a worldwide movement to eradicate slavery. In fact, New York City had anti-abolitionist riots in 1834. The Gentleman's Riot in 1835 Boston was also directed against abolitionists. The Snow Riot in 1835 Washington, DC was against freed blacks, because many were opposed to having to compete with freed slaves who drove prices down--the very same reason Donald Trump is popular with working class blacks and whites who don't want to compete for unskilled work against illegal immigrants. The Cincinnati riots of 1836 and of 1841 was a similar story. The murder of Elijah Lovejoy and the burning of Pennsylvania Hall were also anti-abolitionist. By the 1850s, riots started getting directed toward immigrants.Originally Posted by RichardMZhlubb
That's part and parcel of the American Revolution, as it was heavily influenced by non-COE Protestants.Originally Posted by RichardMZhlubb
Again, DeSantis said nothing about what made a difference. He said that "no one had questioned" slavery before the American revolution. That is a false statement. And you could just dismiss this as a typical political blather, were not not for the fact that he said it in defense of his efforts to have the state take control of the curricula for all public schools in Florida, even up to the public university level, and impose a far more right-wing message through that curricula.