3/5 Clause in the U.S. Constitution

[My Name Is Kate]

Here is an interesting article about why the 3/5 clause concerning slaves was introduced into the Constitution. It was actually intended to be anti-slavery, rather than an arbitrary racist measurement of the worth of black persons.

https://americanvision.org/3918/the-orig...fths-myth/

This article states that free blacks were counted on a par with whites for purposes of apportionment, even in the original Constitution.

https://www.heritage.org/constitution/co...son-19.pdf