All I’m saying is folks who use the “they were only considered to be 3/5ths” don’t realize they are using the SOUTHERN side of the argument whereas the NORTHERN side didn’t want to give even that. In other words 0% human.
If the reason for counting them is representation and the southerners had no intention of allowing them to be represented why should they be counted at all?
Interestingly enough, it was the south who didn’t want them counted at all - in other words 0% human - when it came to taxation. What’s that word? Hippi....hypo...hypocritical?