They really didn’t. The compromise came in counting the slaves as 3/4 of a person instead as a whole person because it set the number of House members. Had the southern states been able to count slaves as a whole person they would have had more power in the government, but the issue of slavery itself was left to the future.
for ever five elslaved people they counted three of them it was called a three- fifth
The Missouri Compromise postponed the issue of slavery.
Political parties avoided the issue of slavery for many years after the Missouri compromise.
The overriding issue was slavery. The compromise included The Fugitive Slave Act and agreement to allow slavery within the borders of Missouri.
Missouri compromise...
The Missouri Compromise of 1820.
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The overriding issue was slavery. The compromise included The Fugitive Slave Act and agreement to allow slavery within the borders of Missouri.
The issue of the Three-Fifths Compromise was resolved at the Constitutional Convention, which determined how slaves would be counted for the purpose of taxation and representation in Congress. The compromise stated that each slave would be counted as three-fifths of a person for these purposes.
They passed the Three-Fifths Compromise and another compromise that stated that slavery would not be abolished until 1808.
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