1. Abraham Lincoln - Slavery and Race
... slavery would gradually go extinct arguing that it could artificially inflate the power of the Democratic Party. The three-fifths clause of the Constitution allowed five slaves to account for three persons for purposes of determining the number of congressional seats in each state which seemed, in Lincoln's opinion ... Peoria, Illinois, he states: "But in ascertaining the number of the people, for this purpose five slaves are counted as being equal to three whites. The slaves do not vote; they are only counted and so used, as to swell the influence of the white people's voted there ... p...
- Word Count: 2007
- Approx Pages: 8
- Grade Level: Graduate