Actually, they were only three-fifths of a human being back then and it would seem that the missing 40% was what gave them basic human rights.
Today, the three-fifths ratio seems to play out again when you consider that over 35% of black babies are murdered in the womb.
Hopefully Roe v. Wade will one day be viewed with the same level of disgust as is shown the Dred Scott Decision and Plessy v. Ferguson.
Ah, three-fifths ... my old memory is not what it used to be. But I do concur on Dred Scott and Plessy v Ferguson. If Barack Obama has his way, not only will he repeal ALL legislation he deems ‘anti-choice’, he will appoint SCOTUS judges to institute his Marxist agenda and pack the federal benches with life appointment leftists in the mold of Billy Ayers without the criminal background discoveries. I mean, ACORN was founded by a Weather Underground member (Wade Rathke) and they are now recipients of hundreds of millions from the federal coffers!