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　　The southern states would not have signed the Constitution without protections for the “peculiar institution,” including a clause that counted a slave as three fifths of a man for purposes of congressional representation.

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　　①For one thing, the South could not afford to part with its slaves.

　　②Owning slaves was “like having a large bank account,” says Wiencek, author of An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America.

　　③The southern states would not have signed the Constitution without protections for the “peculiar institution,” including a clause that counted a slave as three fifths of a man for purposes of congressional representation.

　　参考译文

　　①一方面，南方不能没有奴隶。

　　②《不完美的上帝:乔治·华盛顿，他的奴隶和他创造的美利坚》一书的作者 温瑟柯称:拥有奴隶就如同“拥有一笔巨额存款”。

　　③如果没有对这种“奇特的制度”的保护性条款(其中一项规 定黑奴按 3/5 人口计算以保证国会代表权)，南方各州是不会签署宪法的。