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Legacy: Free blacks were counted as one full person
It was proposed in 1787 by [[James Wilson]] at the [[Constitutional Convention]]. The Compromise was introduced as a solution between the Southern and Northern States as a way to keep the union from splintering.
It was proposed in 1787 by [[James Wilson]] at the [[Constitutional Convention]]. The Compromise was introduced as a solution between the Southern and Northern States as a way to keep the union from splintering.
==Background==
==Background==
[[Image:GEORGE3.JPG|thumb|150px|Lincoln noted that "Necessity" was the only argument they ever admitted in favor of slavery at the time of the Founding.<ref>[https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/historyculture/peoriaspeech.htm Peoria Speech, October 16, 1854]</ref>]]
[[Image:GEORGE3.JPG|thumb|150px|Lincoln noted that "Necessity" was the only argument they ever admitted in favor of slavery at the time of the Founding.<ref>[https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/historyculture/peoriaspeech.htm Peoria Speech, October 16, 1854]</ref>]]
==Repeal==
==Repeal==
The Three-Fifths Compromise was abolished by the [[Thirteenth Amendment]], as was slavery. The [[Fourteenth Amendment]] clarified this, with Article I, Section 2 of the amendment stating that "Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed."<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_amendments_11-27.html#14 AMENDMENT XIV]</ref>
The Three-Fifths Compromise was abolished by the [[Thirteenth Amendment]], as was slavery. The [[Fourteenth Amendment]] clarified this, with Article I, Section 2 of the amendment stating that "Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed."<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_amendments_11-27.html#14 AMENDMENT XIV]</ref>
==Legacy==
Following the repeal of both the repeal of slavery and the Three-Fifths Compromise, there is a pervading myth that has become perpetuated that instead of being counted for the purpose of representation, that instead the Three-Fifths Compromise was all about deciding the value of a human's life. What this myth ignores is what historian Joseph R. Conlin points out, that the Three-Fifths Compromise counted free blacks as one full citizen. In other words, a slave was counted as 3/5 of a free black too.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ysi1GcK3OmMC&pg=PA175 The American Past: A Survey of American History, Volume I: To 1877]</ref>
==References==
==References==