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Fun fact: The abolitionist argument was that slaves should not count at all for apportionment. It made no sense that slavers wanted people to be property except during the Census, when it would benefit them. To this day, people still argue that slaves should have been counted as residents.

aug 19, 2025, 7:37 pm • 2 0

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