On The Ghost of the Three-Fifths Compromise and its Impact on the Battle Over Voting Rights
The Three-Fifths Compromise and the present-day Democratic push for voting rights legislation have something in common: the need for Black folks to be counted to meet an agenda.
In 1787, the country now known as the United States was at a crossroads. The young nation that had recently declared its independence just 11 years prior (1776) from British rule, was deeply divided on the issue of slavery and the morality of keeping an increasingly growing population of…
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to The North Star with Shaun King to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.