Absolutely false! Here's the count of the first c
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http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1790a.pdf
New York and New Jersey had a rough 33,000 slaves. Delaware had almost 9,000 slaves and their total population was 59,000 . So how the f' can anyone say that such was set up to protect slave states??? Nothing but a load of horse shit. The largest populations of free white males over 16 resided in Virginia, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
"The Electoral College was created for two reasons. The first purpose was to create a buffer between population and the selection of a President. The second as part of the structure of the government that gave extra power to the smaller states."
...sorry....it's just that simple.
http://www.historycentral.com/elections/Elect...gewhy.html