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The southern states would not have signed the Constitution without protections for the “peculiar institution,” including a clause that counted a slave as three fifths of a man for purposes of congressional representation.
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①For one thing, the South could not afford to part with its slaves.
?、贠wning slaves was “l(fā)ike having a large bank account,” says Wiencek, author of An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America.
③The southern states would not have signed the Constitution without protections for the “peculiar institution,” including a clause that counted a slave as three fifths of a man for purposes of congressional representation.
參考譯文
?、僖环矫妫戏讲荒軟]有奴隸。
②《不完美的上帝:喬治·華盛頓,他的奴隸和他創(chuàng)造的美利堅》一書的作者 溫瑟柯稱:擁有奴隸就如同“擁有一筆巨額存款”。
?、廴绻麤]有對這種“奇特的制度”的保護性條款(其中一項規(guī) 定黑奴按 3/5 人口計算以保證國會代表權(quán)),南方各州是不會簽署憲法的。