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Originally Posted by Smittie61984
Now here is a problem that I'm not sure if the founding fathers looked into. If black people are/were constitutionaly only 3/5ths of a person and that person was only half black does that mean they are only 3/10ths of a person or do they gain 3/10ths of a person and become 9/10ths of a person?
Need some math majors here.
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Handled by the "one drop rule" and I betcha that they were only FISCALLY considered 3/5 of a "full person", for purposes of evaluating the value of property for taxation purposes.