> [Original Message]
> From: Anne Pemberton <[log in to unmask]>
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> Date: 2/25/2003 6:31:51 PM
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> The issue started when the southern states bullied the rest of the states
> into a 3/5 compromise on the humanity of those held in bondage. The rest
> was downhill from there.
Perhaps you missed Brent Tarter's explanation of the 3/5ths rule.
Richard Dixon
Clifton, VA
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