INDIANAPOLIS — The Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis is urging Governor Mike Braun to publicly denounce remarks made by Lieutenant Governor Micah Beckwith regarding the Three-Fifths Compromise.
Beckwith described the 18th-century law— which counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for representation and taxation— as “a great move” in a video posted to social media following debates on Senate Bill 289, a bill working against diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
The Three-Fifths Compromise was established during the 1787 Constitutional Convention and allowed slaveholding states to gain more power in Congress based on their enslaved populations. This measure was later deemed unconstitutional by the 14th Amendment in 1868…