I goofed. It's 3/5ths of a person. See Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3 of the US Constitution, specifically the bit that says:
whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons This was used to determine a State's population for the purposes of calculating the number of Representatives. --Ben Sam wrote: > Is that true? Do you have a source? > > On 5/10/05, Ben Doom wrote: > > >>to the idea that the definition of human used to be white. I'm pointing >>out that, as recently as the mid-1800s, the definition of human did in >>fact vary based on race/social status here in the US. Yes, it's illegal >>now, but we were (I thought) talking about the idea of how definitions >>(like human and married) can change over time in a society. >> >>--Ben >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Dreamweaver with Homesite Plus from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=54 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:157023 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
