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The Three-fifths Compromise was an agreement reached during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention over the inclusion of slaves in a state's total population. This count would determine: the number of seats in the House of Representatives; the number of electoral votes each state would be allocated; and how much money the states would pay in taxes.
The Three-Fifths Compromise was proposed by James Wilson in 1787 in order to gain Southern support for the new framework of government by guaranteeing that the South would be strongly represented in the House of Representatives. [5] Naturally, it was more popular in the South than in the North. [6]
As a compromise between the rights of the individual and the rights of the assembly, the principle has been established that a two-thirds vote is required to adopt any motion that: (a) suspends or modifies a rule of order previously adopted; (b) prevents the introduction of a question for consideration; (c) closes, limits, or extends the limits ...
There's no misconception. Only 3/5 of the population of slaves and indentured servants counted toward representation. That, by extension, means each slave counted as 3/5 of a person. You could argue that the constitution may not have been ratified without the compromise, but it DOES say that "other persons" are only 3/5 of a free man.
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[5] As in the other references in the Constitution dealing with slavery, the words "slave" and "slavery" are not used in this clause. Historian Donald Fehrenbacher believes that throughout the Constitution there was the intent to make it clear that slavery existed only under state law, not federal law. In this instance, Fehrenbacher concludes:
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