[sagar]

“At the time the constitution was written most native Americans were not considered citizens at all let alone “natural born” and eligible to be president.”

Furthermore, blacks were not even considered fully humans.

[kiltie65]

I was amazed to learn that about blacks when I went to citizenship class. When they were allowed to vote way back, ten blacks had to get together and agree on things, as the ten cumulatively could only cast one vote.

[itsahoot]

Furthermore, blacks were not even considered fully humans.

Do you know why they were defined as 7 tenths human?