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If you're talking about for the purposes of determining representation in the House of Representatives, the northern states specfically did not want that, as it would have allowed the southern states to dominate.
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Why did the north want every slave to be counted?
If you're talking about for the purposes of determining representation in the House of Representatives, the northern states specfically did not want that, as it would have allowed the southern states to dominate.
How would states like Virginia who had a large slave population want slaves to be counted in the population for determining representation in congress?
The same as every other person.
Why did the north oppose the war with Mexico?
the whigs did not want conquered territory to become slave states
What was the 3 to 5 ratio for counting slaves?
It was a result of a compromise between the North and the South. The North wanted slaves to be counted for taxation purposes in the South to bring in more revenue for the federal government which was something the South did not want. But the South wanted to count slaves towards in population in terms of representation so they could have more members in the House of Representative which the North did not want. In the end they settled upon the idea that each slave counted as 3/5 of a person, both in terms of taxation and representation.
Did North Carolina want to count slaves as population?
Slaves were not counted in the population census in 1860 or 1870.
Why was the fugitive slave law unpopular in the north?
It was unpopular in the north because they did not support slavery, and therefore did not want to send escaped slaves back to the south
Why did the North want Congress to control trade and that the US should continue with slave trading?
because they are stupid idiots
What did elbridge gerry from Massachusetts think about slave trade?
He did not want slave representation, he said that since slaves were property in the south, just as cattle and horses in the north, they should not be represented.
How did the North feel about the Fugitive Slave Laws?
North dislike The Fugitive Slave Law, because that did not support slavery, and therefore did not want to send escaped slaves back to the south. North brought the slavery issue to their own doorstep , and gave the runawys a heroic victim status.
Which amendment were slaves counted as only three fifths of a person?
The "Three-Fifths Compromise" was not a constitutional amendment, but rather part of the actual Constitution written in 1787 (Article 1, Section 2, Paragraph 3), as an attempt to get both slave states, who wanted slaves to be counted as people because of taxation reasons, and non-slave states, who didn't want slaves to be counted as people, to ratify the document.
What did the north want in the fugitive slave law?
To appease the South, so that California could be admitted to the Union as free soil.
What did the south stand to lose as a result of the Missouri compromise?
The liked it because there was a balance of free and slave states and representation in congress.
