• GuyWTriangle [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    The entire reason of the Three Fifths compromise was simply kicking the can down the road. They were not committed to a permanent solution, or even paving the way towards a permanant solution. Many Founding Father's actually assumed slavery was on the way out because it wasn't actually that profitable.

    THAT IS until the invention of the cotton gin, which was rocket fuel in the engine of slavery