They could get more representation in the House that way, even though otherwise slaves were not considered people but were just property.
In 1837 there were 12 states that were slave.
There were numerous slave states in the United States. Some of the slave states were South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia.
The compromise between slave states and free states was resolved by the 3/5ths Compromise. The southern states wanted to have slaves count as part of the population. The free states did not. They eventually agreed that the 3 out of every 5 slaves would be counted. The Great Compromise was when the legislature was agreed to be made of 2 houses, one upper and one lower. The upper house would have equal representation and the lower would be have the states represented by population.
There were fifteen slave states,
There were numerous slave states in the United States. Some of the slave states were South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia.
allowed the slave states to count a slave as three-fifths of a person
allowed the slave states to count a slave as three-fifths of a person
allowed the slave states to count a slave as three-fifths of a person
citizens
Those who wanted slaves to count in their total population were primarily slave-owning states in the United States during the time of the Three-Fifths Compromise, where slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person for the purpose of representation in Congress. This was done to increase the political power of these states in the federal government.
An emancipated slave is a free person. As a free person, they have every right that a citizen of the United States would have.
The three-fifths compromise
The three-fifths compromise
The three-fifths compromise
The Three-Fifths Compromise
It allowed the slave states to count most of it's slaves in order to have more representation by population. The non-slave states discouraged slavery and put in the 3/5ths clause because of it. It was not meant to mean a slave was only 3/5ths of a man as some would have you believe.
In 1837 there were 12 states that were slave.