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GOP state lawmaker under fire for praising 18th century pro-slavery compromise

CNN, 05 May 2021
Republican state lawmaker Justin Lafferty made a false claim about the three-fifths compromise, a pro-slavery compromise that counted slaves as 3/5 of a person during the drafting of the Constitution, during a speech he made on the Tennessee House floor. CNN's Laura Jarrett reports.
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