[0.E.O]

Secondly he should know that while the evil and hated Southerners wanted his ancestors to count equally as free persons, the godly and sainted Northerners didn't want his ancestors to count at all. "Three fifths" was a compromise.

And why did those Southerners want to count slaves as a full person for census purposes?

[ArrogantBustard]

Better question: Why did those Northerners want to write the slaves out of the census entirely?