Every slave was counted as three-fifths of a person.
That compromise is known as the Great Compromise.
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The Great Compromise
large states (large population) wanted the number a representatives to be determined by the population while small states (little population) wanted the number of representatives to be the same for every state. The compromise was to create the senate (2 representatives per state) and the house of representatives (representatives determined by population)
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the state will loose money
Roger Sherman,the compromise prosed that state voting would be based on equal representation and population,2 senators and the house of represenatives.
The Great Compromise, aka the Connecticut Compromise, used parts of both the Virginia Plan (legislative apportion by population) and the New Jersey Plan (equal representation for each state) by creating a bicameral (two-house) US Congress. The upper house, the Senate, has 2 senators from each state regardless of population, while the House of Representatives is apportioned by state population.
the slaves would be counted by THREE FIFTHS.....................................
based on a state's population <3
based on a state's population <3