During contentious debates, lawmakers said S.B. 289 ignores the country’s legacy of racism and discrimination, citing the Three-Fifths Compromise as one example.

Indiana lieutenant governor calls Three-Fifths Compromise ‘a great move’ Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith (R) said the compromise ultimately helped end slavery, while historians generally agree ...

Not again ratified in 1870. And not when we want to selectively say ‘minorities.'” Jackson was referencing the Three-Fifths Compromise reached during the 1787 Constitutional Convention.

But, the Three-Fifths Compromise clause in the U.S. Constitution counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for purposes of representation and taxation, Jackson, D-Indianapolis, said.

It was a compromise that the North made with the South." Many historians emphasize that the Three-Fifths Compromise preserved disproportionate power for slaveholding states and was inherently ...

The Three-Fifths Compromise remained the law until the Union won the Civil War and the 13th Amendment abolished slavery — 78 years after the Constitution was drafted.

UPDATE (4/30/2025): When asked on April 30, 2025, about Beckwith’s comments regarding the Three-Fifths Compromise, Gov. Mike Braun took a disapproving stance. “I definitely wouldn&#8217… ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is facing backlash after comments he made about the Three-Fifths Compromise, a 1787 deal tied to the history of slavery in the United States. A video was ...

What Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith said about the Three-Fifths Compromise Beckwith posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, what he called a history lesson for Indiana's Senate Democrats.

In 2025, saying the Three-Fifths Compromise was a “great move” undermines the ideals of what American could be.