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malaise

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5. True

Reply to unblock (Reply #3)

Sun Jan 21, 2024, 02:00 PM

Jan 2024

But remember white women were also property although they were not enslaved.

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The intent was that black people were not fully human [View all] malaise Jan 2024 OP

My mother was born in 1917 in Alabama Frances Jan 2024 #1

Sick racists malaise Jan 2024 #2

I was born and raised in North Carolina... OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #21

Fully not human. Property. unblock Jan 2024 #3

True malaise Jan 2024 #5

Not technically enslaved, but many were not free and the law saw women as property of husbands. hlthe2b Jan 2024 #9

You get BINGO! jaxexpat Jan 2024 #20

Yup, property when married. And no voting rights in any event. unblock Jan 2024 #10

Or personal bank accounts malaise Jan 2024 #11

Women of any kind couldn't vote.... getagrip_already Jan 2024 #13

You nailed it malaise Jan 2024 #15

The 3/5th compromise wasn't the real problem. Allowing slavery at all was. unblock Jan 2024 #22

Slavery was actually still legal in many Northern States, up to and through the Civil War... Wounded Bear Jan 2024 #40

All true. unblock Jan 2024 #42

Still considered property by republicans keithbvadu2 Jan 2024 #26

Yes, property, not to be fully enumerated in a census Model35mech Jan 2024 #7

Counting them at all only benefited the slave states. unblock Jan 2024 #16

True, and states with few slaves didn't want that Model35mech Jan 2024 #19

That is the gist of their argument. No fine points about it. Thanks. erronis Jan 2024 #34

To understand Haley: How Indian immigrants benefited from cbabe Jan 2024 #4

Thanks malaise Jan 2024 #12

If you're referring to the 3/5ths Compromise, it was actually worse. Girard442 Jan 2024 #6

Precisely malaise Jan 2024 #8

It's a shame we can't have votes of Republicans count only as 3/5ths. LiberalFighter Jan 2024 #14

In fact, they generally count more than democrats unblock Jan 2024 #23

Listening to Haley BaronChocula Jan 2024 #17

Whoopi Goldberg said it best. BonnieJW Jan 2024 #27

I saw that she said that BaronChocula Jan 2024 #39

Perfect malaise Jan 2024 #29

The Massive, Overlooked Role of Female Slave Owners It's estimated that 40 percent of slave owners may have been white w cbabe Jan 2024 #18

Wow the Southern Belle was pretty raunchy and gross Farmer-Rick Jan 2024 #24

So, Nikki... GiqueCee Jan 2024 #25

Two things cilla4progress Jan 2024 #28

Please tell Nikki malaise Jan 2024 #30

Yah... cilla4progress Jan 2024 #35

Women are even less than that Warpy Jan 2024 #31

Nikki might be surprised how women of her ethnicity are viewed by the same MAGA morons she is sop Jan 2024 #32

I believe it. There is no bottom to their racist venom. CTyankee Jan 2024 #36

White men make up 30% of the population... surfered Jan 2024 #33

A lot of laws in this country were based on racism against blacks ... aggiesal Jan 2024 #37

I did not know this malaise Jan 2024 #38

my mum lived in America for decades with a green card Skittles Jan 2024 #41