It stated that five enslaved persons would count as three free persons
The Northern States were pleased by Three-Fifths Compromise.
allowed the slave states to count a slave as three-fifths of a person
Slave states.
The Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal, but the Three Fifths Compromise implies that they are not.
The Northern and Southern states, and the slaves
Southern States. (NovaNet)
The Three-Fifths Compromise is found in Article 1, Section 2, Paragraph 3 of the United States Constitution
Three-Fifths Compromise, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Emancipation Proclamation
The Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise over how slaves would be accounted for when determining population for congressional representation purposes. The conflict was between the Northern and Southern states.
allowed the slave states to count a slave as three-fifths of a person
The three-fifths compromise gave the southern states an advantage by giving them a higher population with three-fifths of slaves counted. This in return gave the south more delegates in the House if Representatives which gave them political control
The purpose of the Three-Fifths Compromise was so Northern and Southern states would accept the US Constitution. This is because Southern states wanted slaves to be counted towards their population so they would have more power in the House of Representatives, while Northern states did not want this. The Three-Fifths Compromise was basically meant to be a sort of compromise for each side, where three-fifths of the slave population would be counted, hence the name.