Slave owner states wanted a greater representation, thereby gaining a larger and superior representation in Congress.

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith (R) said the compromise ultimately helped end slavery, while historians generally agree it reinforced the power of slave states.

I am responding to the letter published May 11 in IndyStar maintaining Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is lying about the ...

Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith criticized state Senate Democrats for equating a GOP legislative proposal intended to root out diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in higher education ...

"What we have now is Black and white, diverse religious organizations and others standing, saying, ‘This is not what we want Indiana to be,'” said Rev. David W. Greene Sr., president of the Concerned ...

Indiana Democrats are calling on Gov. Mike Braun to formally denounce Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith's 'three-fifths- comments.

Gov. Micah Beckwith is lying about the Three-Fifths Compromise. The reason it's called a compromise is the northern anti-slave states wanted no slave counted for representation, while the southern ...

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’t have ...

If I owe you a dollar, giving you 60 cents just won’t do. It’s three-fifths of a dollar. Please raise your hand if you would like to be counted as 60% of a human being. I’ll wait. No takers? The Three ...

to so forthrightly assess the founders’ flaws and to name the moral and political wreckage that the Three-Fifths Compromise facilitated. Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith, by contrast, recently ...