this is exactly right Paul Finkelman Constantine Gutzman wrote: > In my understanding, the 14th Amendment's provision was not an echo of, but > was entirely opposite, the 3/5 clause. The latter allowed citizens in > slaveholding regions augmented representation because they held bondsmen, > while the 14th Amendment was intended to reduce the representation of the > southern states in proportion to the number of freedmen they disfranchised; > in other words, former masters no longer would benefit in federal > apportionment by the presence of people they had subjugated. > Constantine Gutzman > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Hershman" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 10:47 AM > Subject: Re: 3/5 Compromise > > > 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 > > > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions > > > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html -- Paul Finkelman Chapman Distinguished Professor University of Tulsa College of Law 3120 East 4th Place Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104-2499 918-631-3706 (office) 918-631-2194 (fax) [log in to unmask] To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html