By counting 60% of slaves for the purposes of representation and taxes. All delegates to the Convention recognized that this was an imperfect compromise to a difficult issue, but many of the delegates redesigning American government didn't want to deal with slavery at all. by counting 60% for all slaves--APEX
slaves were farmers.
The delegates knew that the slavery issue could prevent the Constitution from ever being ratified, and the states would have never become a nation. Therefore, they decided to mostly ignore the issue and put off the major decisions to another day. The slave trade was to be banned after 1820, more than 30 years in the future for the delegates; but no plan was made for any eventual end to slavery. One historian noted that when the delegates put off the slavery issue for "another day," that day was the Civil War; a very bad day indeed. The consequences of failing to deal with slavery -- a huge war with nearly 700,000 dead -- are a lesson about what happens when a government decides to do nothing about a terrible issue that must be dealt with.
At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, delegates addressed the issue of slave population through the Three-Fifths Compromise. This agreement allowed states to count three-fifths of their enslaved population when apportioning representation in Congress and determining taxation. This compromise aimed to balance the interests of slaveholding states with those opposed to slavery, ultimately shaping the political power dynamics in the new government. The compromise highlighted the contentious nature of slavery in America, embedding it into the framework of the Constitution.
America had to deal with slavery and the confederate states. The Confederate States believed that slavery was good for algriculture. But it was so wrong......
it required private citizens to assist in the search for runaway slaves
it required private citizens to assist in the search for runaway slaves
the delegates had to deal with slave ownership, raven walker, and the most of the slave\s were not properly owned
it required private citizens to assist in the search for runaway slaves
The Constitutional Convention dealt with slavery issue in a conclusive manner. The addressed the rights of the slaves and their right to own property among other contentious issues.
Senator Stephen A. Douglas believed that the only way to democratically deal with the issue of slavery was by voting. This was called popular sovereignty and applied to his Kansas- Nebraska Act of 1854.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required citizens to assist in the capture and return of escaped slaves. It mandated federal agents to help slaveholders in recapturing runaway slaves, leading to increased tensions and resistance in free states. This law further highlighted the divide between abolitionist sentiments in the North and pro-slavery beliefs in the South.