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Despite the facts, recognizing the historical facts have even gotten people in trouble. E.W. Jackson, a Christian Minister and candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in 2012 noted that "the 3/5ths clause was an anti-slavery amendment. Its purpose was to limit the voting power of slave holding states."<ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/jen-kuznicki/ew-jacksons-correct-about-three-fifths-clause E.W. Jackson's Correct about the Three-Fifths Clause]</ref>
Despite the facts, recognizing the historical facts have even gotten people in trouble. E.W. Jackson, a Christian Minister and candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in 2012 noted that "the 3/5ths clause was an anti-slavery amendment. Its purpose was to limit the voting power of slave holding states."<ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/jen-kuznicki/ew-jacksons-correct-about-three-fifths-clause E.W. Jackson's Correct about the Three-Fifths Clause]</ref>
[[Walter E. Williams]], a professor at George Mason University, argues that the Founders were 100% correct in limiting representation of the slave power.<ref>[http://www.nwitimes.com/news/opinion/columnists/guest-commentary/walter-williams-three-fifths-clause-was-percent-necessary/article_2bf39d65-3a43-556a-a22c-0cde5e59b10d.html?mobile_touch=true WALTER WILLIAMS: Three-fifths clause was 100 percent necessary]</ref> He points to the fact that the South wanted to fully count slaves in their numbers for representation. Had slaves been fully counted, the slave states would have had more representation than the free states did. In 1793, the total count of representatives was 105. With a full representation for slavery, the slave states would have had 56, leaving the free states with 49.
[[Walter E. Williams]], a professor at George Mason University, argues that the Founders were 100% correct in limiting representation of the slave power.<ref>[https://www.nwitimes.com/news/opinion/columnists/guest-commentary/walter-williams-three-fifths-clause-was-percent-necessary/article_2bf39d65-3a43-556a-a22c-0cde5e59b10d.html?mobile_touch=true WALTER WILLIAMS: Three-fifths clause was 100 percent necessary]</ref> He points to the fact that the South wanted to fully count slaves in their numbers for representation. Had slaves been fully counted, the slave states would have had more representation than the free states did. In 1793, the total count of representatives was 105. With a full representation for slavery, the slave states would have had 56, leaving the free states with 49.
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