jun 11, 1787 - U.S. Constitution – 3/5th Compromise 1787
Description:
An agreement that determined that 3 out of every 5 slaves would be counted when calculating a state’s population. This was significant to the Civil War because it gave slaveholding states more political power but also dehumanized slaves, aggravating abolitionists, beginning to divide the country.Added to timeline:
Date:
jun 11, 1787
Now
~ 238 years ago