Sorry if I created confusion. The 3/5 Compromise was adopted at the 1789
Constitutional Convention. The reference to the 14th Amendment, adopted in
1868, was that the provision requiring a full reduction in representation for
the portion of the population denied the ballot was a reaction against, or at
least an echo, of the antebellum argument over the 3/5 representation of
slaves.
Jim Hershman
Diana Bennett wrote:
> One final question on the 3/5 Compromise... From the previous listings I
> gather that the 3/5 Compromise was adopted as the 14th Amendment to the
> U. S. Constitution when it was written in 1779-ish. Is this correct?
>
> Diana Bennett
>
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