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Three-Fifths Compromise (view source)
Revision as of 18:50, August 24, 2016
, 18:50, August 24, 2016→Impact before the Civil War: Morris: Slave states would have more representation for violating the sacred laws of humanity if slaves were to be counted.
On July 12, [[Governor Charles Pinckney]] proposed a motion for "rating blacks as equal to Whites instead of as 3/5".<ref>[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_712.asp Madison Debates],
On July 12, [[Governor Charles Pinckney]] proposed a motion for "rating blacks as equal to Whites instead of as 3/5".<ref>[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_712.asp Madison Debates],
July 12, 1787</ref> Fully counting slaves would have given the slave states immense power, and the Founders knew it. The final vote was 2 to 8 against. The only two states voting yes were Georgia and South Carolina. After Pinkney's motion for full representation, the states agreed to partial representation.<ref>July 12th</ref>
July 12, 1787</ref> Fully counting slaves would have given the slave states immense power. The final vote was 2 to 8 against. The only two states voting yes were Georgia and South Carolina. After Pinkney's motion for full representation, the states agreed to partial representation.<ref>July 12th</ref>
===Southern States supported full representation===
On August 8th, 1787, Gouverneur Morris observed:
<blockquote>The admission of slaves into the Representation when fairly explained comes to this: that the inhabitant of Georgia and South Carolina who goes to the Coast of Africa, and in defiance of the most sacred laws of humanity tears away his fellow creatures from their dearest connections and damns them to the most cruel bondages, shall have more votes in a government instituted for the protection of the rights of mankind, than the Citizen of Pennsylvania or New Jersey who views with a laudable horror, so nefarious a practice.<ref>[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_808.asp Madison Debates], August 8th, 1787</ref></blockquote>
===Southern States supported full representation for their slaves===
A small number of delegates to the Convention favored full representation for blacks, many of whom were southern delegates. [[Pierce Butler (Founding Father)]], a delegate from South Carolina, was ardently in favor of full representation. "I contend that representation should be according to the full number of inhabitants, including all the blacks".<ref>July 12th</ref>
A small number of delegates to the Convention favored full representation for blacks, many of whom were southern delegates. [[Pierce Butler (Founding Father)]], a delegate from South Carolina, was ardently in favor of full representation. "I contend that representation should be according to the full number of inhabitants, including all the blacks".<ref>July 12th</ref>