Nothing, it made them 3/4 of a person.
No, back then they were still considered slaves.
It was an amendment to the constitution.
the new constitution was the U.S. constitution, and no, in fact, they don't mention slaves at all
Women and slaves were not given rights in the constitution.
When determining representation by population, slaves were counted as 3/5ths of a person.
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the Confederate constitution banned the importation of slaves into its states from outside countries, well before the US
the problem was that the constitution sed that everyone should be free but there still was slaves
Already owned slaves were permitted, otherwise no slaves allowed in the state of Texas.
A slave was 3/4 of a person in the constitution when population was counted for the house.
slaves
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