3/5. Three slaves were counted for every 5 white people. 3/5. Three slaves were counted for every 5 white people.
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It was when the southerners wanted to include slaves in the population count even though they wouldn't let them vote. They wanted slaves to be counted because that would increase their states population, therefore giving them more represenatives in the House of Represenatives. The Northerners argued that since the slaves couldn't vote they sound not be counted. So, they agreed that 3/5 of the slaves in the state would be counted in the states population. That became known as the Three-fifths compromise. I am doing this for my homework now
five slaves will be counted as 3 people
The Three-Fifths Compromise helped the South preserve slavery because it gave the slaves a chance to influence the government by voting. Every slaves vote counted as 60 percent of one vote.
Slaves were counted as three-fifth's of a single person.
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