[Svartalfiar]

The Constitution does NOT count slaves as whole or partial persons.
Read the darn thing.

Huh? what are you talking about? Fourth paragraph in:

Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.

[elpadre]

I was reluctantly in a Music Appreciation class in college - required for graduation. It was many years ago but I have always remembered the professor say something to the effect that every generation leaves a clue as to their mental and physical condition in their music. He went through various time periods explaining his point. Then he noted that negro music in the days of American slavery was about hard work, getting in trouble and that sort of thing, but does not include words that would lead one to believe there was a lot of torture and cruelty. I really don’t know much about the subject matter, but I remember his words and it sounds reasonable to me.