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A person might become a slave through capture in war, inheritance of slave status, or being born to enslaved parents.
The slave undergoes rigorous training in combat and weapons skills to become a gladiator. The slave becomes the property of the lanista or owner of the ludus gladitorius. The slave's life is governed by strict discipline and routines in preparation for fighting in the arena.
The three-fifths compromise counted each enslaved person as three-fifths of a free person for the purpose of determining the population of a state for representation in the House of Representatives and for calculating taxes. It gave Southern states more political power in Congress, as their slave population was counted towards representation, despite slaves being denied citizenship and voting rights.
Two compromises reached over the issue of the slave trade were the Three-Fifths Compromise, which counted slaves as three-fifths of a person for representation in Congress, and the Constitutional Compromise of 1808, which allowed the United States to ban the importation of slaves in 1808.
The Dred Scott case had to address three main questions: whether Dred Scott, as a slave, was entitled to sue in federal court; whether his time spent in a free state or territory made him free; and whether the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which prohibited slavery in certain territories, was constitutional.
The Three-Fifths Compromise, outlined in the United States Constitution, determined that slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a person for the purpose of representation in Congress. Additionally, the Constitution included a provision that prohibited Congress from banning the transatlantic slave trade until 1808.