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mar 1, 1787 - Three-Fifths Compromise

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During the Constitutional Convention, enslaved African Americans were counted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of taxation and congressional representation, embedding racial inequality into the Constitution

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mar 1, 1787
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~ 239 years ago