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They were counted as three fifths of a person.
the slaves would be counted by THREE FIFTHS.....................................
Slaves were counted by population by three-fifths of a person.
How would slaves be counted for in population, voting and taxing. It was chosen that an African American Slave would be counted as 3/5 of a person in terms of taxation and representation.
How black slaves were to be counted in the population.
Three-fifths of a state's slave population counted toward representation and taxation.
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The Three-Fifths Compromise outlined the process for states to count slaves as part of the population in order to determine representation and taxation for the federal government.
Yes, they wanted to include slaves within their population because it would allow more representatives to be able to join Congress and speak the "voice" of the Southern states.
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
William Blount believed that slaves should be counted as part of the population for the purpose of determining representation in Congress and for the allocation of taxes. He supported the Three-Fifths Compromise, where slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person for these purposes.