Sorry, but there is more historical support for the position in my post than the one in yours.

And it was from a scholarly work from a scholar. Dismissing it as 'opinion' does not make it so.

The author:

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Akhil Reed Amar teaches constitutional law at Yale University. This essay borrows from his recently published book, The Constitution Today.

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and there's this:

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Not all academics agree that slavery was the driving force behind the Electoral College, though most agree there’s a connection.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/electoral...stitution/

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