The Three-Fifths Compromise (during the Constitutional Convention in 1787).
three-fifths
was slaves counted as people or property
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
How black slaves were to be counted in the population.
When it came to the population of a state, slaves counted as three-fifths (3/5) of a person.
3/5 of the population of slaves were counted for each state
the slaves would be counted by THREE FIFTHS.....................................
three-fifths
three-fifths
They were counted as three fifths of a person.
was slaves counted as people or property
Slaves were not counted in the population census in 1860 or 1870.
The issue of counting slaves in the population is complex and has historical implications. In terms of representation, counting slaves would have given slaveholding states more political power in early American history. However, excluding slaves would have misrepresented the true population size. Ultimately, the decision to count slaves as part of the population was a compromise reached during the drafting of the U.S. Constitution.
When determining representation by population, slaves were counted as 3/5ths of a person.
Slaves were counted by population by three-fifths of a person.
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
How black slaves were to be counted in the population.
When it came to the population of a state, slaves counted as three-fifths (3/5) of a person.