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How to Build a Nation in 15 Weeks


Jul 10, 2018

The delegates debate how to apportion representation in the lower house.  The Morris Committee proposes an allocation based on guesswork.  The King Committee proposes an alternative based on counting three-fifths of enslaved people.  The delegates debate whether and how to factor enslaved people into representation, but no one speaks for the unrepresented.  Potential western states complicate matters.  The census is proposed.