That article says it was created to prevent a populist president, and that it should’ve been scrapped after the 12th amendment but the 3/5 compromise incentivized the South to keep it.
The Federalist Papers talk about this a bit and slavery was not a concern.
That article says it was created to prevent a populist president, and that it should’ve been scrapped after the 12th amendment but the 3/5 compromise incentivized the South to keep it.
The Federalist Papers talk about this a bit and slavery was not a concern.