Quote Originally Posted by Kirkland Laing View Post
So we can agree that it was only the black people who were enslaved who counted as 3/5ths of a person as far as the US constitution was concerned. Excellent.

And yes, I'm going to continue laughing at you until you eventually go the full Al Gore. Then I'm going to laugh even more.

See Kirkland, words have meaning and when you say "all black people" that would mean ALL black people. Just to make certain you understand what "all" is.

All - used to refer to the whole quantity or extent of a particular group or thing

For example if there was 1 apple in a room and you ate that 1 apple in the room then you would have eaten ALL the apples in that room.

There were slaves oh yes no doubt...were ALL slaves black? No. Were all blacks slaves? No. So your statement is false.

Anna Murray wife of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was a FREE black person for example. James Forten a Philadelphia businessman black, FREE. Robert and Joseph Purvis also FREE blacks. Paul Cuffee FREE black.....and I can go on and on and on depending on how many times you would like for me to hammer home the 100% undeniable fact that you are wrong. Thank you for playing, good day