Indiana's lieutenant governor, Micah Beckwith, has sparked outrage from religious and civil rights leaders for praising the Three-Fifths Compromise as a beneficial move leading to the end of slavery. This remark was made during a debate over a bill limiting diversity initiatives, where Beckwith claimed the compromise actually curbed pro-slave influence in Congress. Critics, including major civil rights groups, have condemned his viewpoint as historical revisionism, arguing the compromise was a means to assert control over enslaved populations for political power while stripping them of rights and humanity. They demand official retraction and condemnation of Beckwith's comments by Gov. Mike Braun.
The Three-Fifths Compromise was never about compromise; it was about control. It was about counting enslaved African bodies for political power while denying them humanity, freedom, and rights.
Beckwith argued that the compromise limited pro-slave representatives in Congress by not allowing Southern states to count enslaved people as whole people, challenging the notion of it being a 'terrible' part of history.
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