James Wilson

Constitution Entrenches Slavery Through Three-Fifths Compromise and Multiple Protections

1787-09-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

The Constitutional Convention concludes its work by approving a Constitution that entrenches slavery through multiple provisions despite deliberately avoiding the word “slave” in the document. The most notorious provision is the Three-Fifths Compromise, proposed by delegate James Wilson …

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Three-Fifths Compromise Gives Slaveholders Massive Extra Political Power

1787-07-12 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

Delegates at the Constitutional Convention reach agreement on the Three-Fifths Compromise, proposed by James Wilson of Pennsylvania and seconded by Charles Pinckney of South Carolina, establishing that enslaved people will be counted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of congressional …

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