COnstitutional Convention was in 1787!

James Hershman wrote:

> 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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