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What Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith said about the Three-Fifths Compromise, how clergy responded
The Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis, a group founded as part of the Civil Rights Movement, is asking Gov. Mike Braun to ...
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Indiana's Beckwith says Three-Fifths Compromise was a “great move.” Historians say it’s more complicated
Local groups want an apology after Lt. Governor Micah Beckwith made comments defending the 1787 Three-Fifths Compromise, ...
Backlash erupts after Indiana Lt. Gov. calls 3/5 Compromise ‘a great move’
Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith is facing backlash for sharing a debunked conservative argument that the Three-Fifths ...
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A ‘great move,’ or revisionist history? Indiana’s Beckwith sparks Three-Fifths Compromise controversy
By: Casey Smith Indiana Capital Chronicle For The Republic Indiana Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith’s defense of the Three-Fifths ...
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 it ...
Faith leaders urge Braun to condemn Beckwith's remarks on Three-Fifths Compromise
After heated and emotional debate over Senate Bill 289, Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith took to X, where he called the Three-Fifths ...