yes he did
No he didn't. He didn't believe in it and tried to abolish it.
Yes, William Few did own slaves. He was a plantation owner in Georgia and was a slaveholder during his lifetime.
Yes, William Livingston did own slaves. While he was known for his anti-slavery beliefs and advocacy in public life, he maintained slaves on his property in New Jersey as part of the prevailing society norms at the time.
In 1775, the population of the American colonies was around 2.5 million people, and approximately 500,000 were African slaves.
South Carolina had a higher population of slaves than free whites in 1730.
Not slaves.
No he didn't. He didn't believe in it and tried to abolish it.
William Paterson believed that slaves could vote for taxes paid by state but only 3/5 of the slaves should be counted for determining but not for determining representation in the national legislature. :)
counting slaves in the population
Massachusetts
The issue of counting slaves in the population is complex and has historical implications. In terms of representation, counting slaves would have given slaveholding states more political power in early American history. However, excluding slaves would have misrepresented the true population size. Ultimately, the decision to count slaves as part of the population was a compromise reached during the drafting of the U.S. Constitution.
3/5 Compromise
Slaves should be counted when counting a state’s population to determine representation in congress
Instead of counting all slaves for population to determine electoral votes, they only counted slaves as 3/5 of a person to calculate the electoral votes. Before this they didn't count any of the slaves as part of the population when calculating electoral votes.
The three-fifths clause provided for counting three-fifths of all slaves for purposes of representation in Congress.
William Paterson did not like the slave trade and he wanted it to be abolished.
William Blount believed that slaves should be counted as part of the population for the purpose of determining representation in Congress and for the allocation of taxes. He supported the Three-Fifths Compromise, where slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person for these purposes.