The Three-Fifths Compromise, settled on in 1787, determined that slaves would count as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of representation and taxation. This decision was a contentious compromise between states with varying numbers of slaves and helped shape the balance of power between states in the federal government.
The Southern states in the United States wanted slaves to count in their total population for representation in Congress. This led to the Three-Fifths Compromise in the Constitution, where slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person for the purpose of determining representation in the House of Representatives.
Southern states wanted slaves to be counted in a state's population because it would increase their representation in the House of Representatives and thus give them more political power. This was due to the Three-Fifths Compromise in the U.S. Constitution, which counted each slave as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of representation.
Those who wanted slaves to count in their total population were primarily slave-owning states in the United States during the time of the Three-Fifths Compromise, where slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person for the purpose of representation in Congress. This was done to increase the political power of these states in the federal government.
Actually it would have been helpful to have each slave counted as a full person because that would have meant more representatives in Congress. It was the northern colonies that didn't want the slaves counted as whole person. The south all ready had the largest States and to add the slave population in would have made them very powerful. By 1860 there would be 6 million slaves in the south so counting them as 3/4ths of a person wasn't great, but better than counting them as a whole person.
The Three-Fifths Compromise was created by the Constitutional Convention in 1787 to address the issue of how slaves would be counted for the purpose of determining a state's representation in Congress and its electoral votes. The compromise counted each slave as three-fifths of a person for these purposes, giving southern states more representation despite a significant portion of their population being unable to vote or hold office.
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The disagreement over if and how slaves should be counted for Congressional apportionment purposes. The opposing sides were the northern states and the southern states. The northern states who opposed slavery argues that only free state inhabitants could be counted towards apportionment while the southern states argued that slaves should counted towards their population apportionment number.
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A disagreement between slave states and free states over whether slaves should be counted as a part of the population.
A disagreement between slave states and free states over whether slaves should be counted as a part of the population.
It was when the southerners wanted to include slaves in the population count even though they wouldn't let them vote. They wanted slaves to be counted because that would increase their states population, therefore giving them more represenatives in the House of Represenatives. The Northerners argued that since the slaves couldn't vote they sound not be counted. So, they agreed that 3/5 of the slaves in the state would be counted in the states population. That became known as the Three-fifths compromise. I am doing this for my homework now
Southern states, such as Georgia and South Carolina, wanted slaves to be counted as part of the population when determining taxes. This would give them more representation in the government and more political power.
One-Half Compromise was the compromise that dealt with the Northern States concern of the Southern States using slaves as part of the counted population thus influencing their representation in Congress.
a disagreement between slave state and free states over whether slaves should be counted as part of the population
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3/5 compromise
he thought it was fair for the states without slaves