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Three-fifths of the slave population of America could be counted as the population of the nation.
They were counted as three-fifths of a person
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Three-fifths of a state's slave population counted toward representation and taxation.
When determining a state's population for the purposes of representation, a slave was considered three-fifths of a person.
The Three-Fifths Compromise settled the issue of how slave populations would be considered in determining representation in the House of Representatives. In the South, the slave population sometimes outnumber the white population because of the immense number of slaves the plantation owners had.
The Chinese government estimates that it had three to four hundred million fewer people in 2008 with the one-child policy, than it would have had otherwise.
60% of slave population would count toward representation of the House of Representatives
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then, there was representation by population and the law around that time stated that three-fifths of a slave would be counted in population. it was called the three-fifths compromise.
Every slave counted as three-fifths of a person. So if there were 5,000 slaves, 3,000 were counted as a 'citizen' or part of the population.
Every slave counted as three-fifths of a person. So if there were 5,000 slaves, 3,000 were counted as a 'citizen' or part of the population.