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The Southern states in the United States wanted slaves to count in their total population for representation in Congress. This led to the Three-Fifths Compromise in the Constitution, where slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person for the purpose of determining representation in the House of Representatives.
The South wanted slaves to count towards the population for political representation purposes. Including slaves in the population count would have increased the South's representation in the House of Representatives and therefore its political power within the government.
Southern states in the United States wanted slaves to count towards their total population in order to gain more representation in Congress and more electoral votes. This was known as the Three-Fifths Compromise, where every five enslaved persons would count as three individuals in determining representation.
Those who wanted slaves to count in their total population were primarily slave-owning states in the United States during the time of the Three-Fifths Compromise, where slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person for the purpose of representation in Congress. This was done to increase the political power of these states in the federal government.
Southern states wanted to count slaves as part of their populations for the purpose of representation in the United States Congress. By counting slaves as part of the population, southern states could increase their representation in Congress, despite slaves not having the right to vote.
Southern states wanted to count slaves because the House of Representatives is based on population. The census is taken to determine how many representatives each state gets. Since the south was mostly made up of slaves, it would get more representatives if they were counted.