Why Were Slaves REALLY Counted As 3/5ths Of A Person? The Answer May Surprise You...

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Liberals seem to believe that the part of the Constitution that counted slaves as 3/5 of a person meant that the founding fathers believed blacks were inferior to whites. But the opposite is actually true.

If you read the papers of the founders as they crafted the Constitution, it is made exceedingly clear that they chose to count slaves as 3/5 only so the day could come when slavery could be abolished. They realized something that today's liberals either fail to understand, or they undertsand and choose to spin it. For those with an open, inquiring mind, here are the facts:

The vast majority of slaves were in the south. If slaves were counted as a full person, the southern states would have extra representatives in the house (the number of representatives is based on the census number of people in the state). With such a lopsided congress favoring the south, and therefore favoring slavery, there would never be any opportunity to end slavery. Had the slaves been counted as "whole" people, slavery might still exist in America, as congress would still be ruled by the southern states.

Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Madison and Jay all wrote that they disagreed with slavery and would like to see the day when it would end. To make that possible, they needed to discount the "census value" of slaves so the south would not rule Congress forever.

As a side note, had slaves been counted as full measure and the majority of Congress were representative of southern states, the south would have been allowed to secede from the union. America could never have become a superpower. And had we not had that power, it is highly unlikely we would have been able to win either of the world wars.

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