Indentured servants were counted as whole people as there was the idea that they were working towards their freedom. Slaves of course were not.
But yes, there were slaves of all races, the majority were African, there were several from central and south America. Few native American slaves existed as they were a lot harder to catch if they ran away. There were some white slaves, it wasn't very prominent, and was also more difficult to prove. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 10:14 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: [QUARRANTINE] RE: I'm surrounded! > > Nick McClure wrote: > > Not to argue semantics, but 3/5ths thing applied to all slaves, not just > > black ones. > > > > So a white male slave (they did exist) also counted as 3/5 > > I didn't know there were white slaves. I knew there were indentured > servants who effectively were enslaved, but I thought they counted as > entire people. > > --Ben > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:180563 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
