Nobody in our nation was ever counted as 3/5ths of a person other than for apportionment. And it had to do with if you were a participant in the system (count = 1), a slave of the system (count = 3/5ths), or not of the system (Indians not taxed; count =0).
Free Blacks and Indians who were taxed were ALWAYS counted as a full person, for purposes of apportionment of political power.
Now whose interests would it have served to have slaves count as a full person for apportionment of political power?
Just a joke. Lighten up. Not in the loafers, just lighten up.
This NOT, repeat NOT, the most important issue facing us.