Josiah Quincy: “Thus, while the free states are represented only according to their…”

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Thus, while the free states are represented only according to their numbers, the slaveholders are represented also for their property.

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Federalist · Massachusetts

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Quincy points out the unequal representation of free states versus slaveholding states in Congress.

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