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===Slavery===

===Slavery===

The issue of slavery was not a reason for the introduction of the Electoral College. After the results of the [[2016 U.S. presidential election]], the [[Race card]] was employed in an attempt to shame supporters of the college and the results of the recent election.<ref>[http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/lauretta-brown/rep-john-conyers-electoral-college-rooted-slavery Rep. John Conyers: 'The Electoral College Is Rooted in Slavery'], [[CNSNews]]</ref><ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/12/ny_times_scrap_the_electoral_college_because_of_slavery.html NY Times: Scrap the Electoral College because of slavery], [[American Thinker]]</ref><ref>[http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/campaign/308175-how-the-electoral-college-changes-the-value-of-a-person-a-bit How the Electoral College changes the value of a person, a bit like slavery did], [[The Hill]]</ref>

The issue of slavery was not a reason for the introduction of the Electoral College. After the results of the [[2016 U.S. presidential election]], the [[Race card]] was employed in an attempt to shame supporters of the college and the results of the recent election.<ref>[http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/lauretta-brown/rep-john-conyers-electoral-college-rooted-slavery Rep. John Conyers: 'The Electoral College Is Rooted in Slavery'], [[CNSNews]]</ref><ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/12/ny_times_scrap_the_electoral_college_because_of_slavery.html NY Times: Scrap the Electoral College because of slavery], [[American Thinker]]</ref><ref>[http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/campaign/308175-how-the-electoral-college-changes-the-value-of-a-person-a-bit How the Electoral College changes the value of a person, a bit like slavery did], [[The Hill]]</ref><ref>[http://news.wgbh.org/2016/12/06/news/yes-electoral-college-really-vestige-slavery-its-time-get-rid-it Yes, The Electoral College Really Is A Vestige Of Slavery. It's Time To Get Rid Of It.], [[WGBH-TV]]</ref>

The timeline of the convention does not follow this conclusion.  The college was a reaction to a proposal which was made as a part of the Virginia Plan, originally introduced on May 29th, 1787.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=wYjvr7iCJVUC&pg=PA12 Taming the Electoral College]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=QmwRmsAjCCUC&pg=PA30 Constitutional Reform and Effective Government]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=XdWbAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA42 The American Revolution and the Young Republic: 1763 to 1816]</ref>  It was viewed as dangerous for the president to be elected by the Congress(the original mode of the Virginia Plan), so to keep the executive independent the college was devised.

The timeline of the convention does not follow this conclusion.  The college was a reaction to a proposal which was made as a part of the Virginia Plan, originally introduced on May 29th, 1787.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=wYjvr7iCJVUC&pg=PA12 Taming the Electoral College]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=QmwRmsAjCCUC&pg=PA30 Constitutional Reform and Effective Government]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=XdWbAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA42 The American Revolution and the Young Republic: 1763 to 1816]</ref>  It was viewed as dangerous for the president to be elected by the Congress(the original mode of the Virginia Plan), so to keep the executive independent the college was devised.