The Northern States did not want the slaves to have any representation because they feared the Southern States would gain more power because of the number of representatives. They wanted to have equall power with the rest of the country.
Slaves should be counted when counting a state’s population to determine representation in congress
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
The three-fifths compromise was proposed as a way of counting slaves for the purpose of representation in the House. The northerners didn't want them to get more representatives because of so many non-voting people.
Gunning Bedford Jr. thought that slaves should not count in the state population because he was against the act of slavery. After the Constitutional Convention, he used his position as the Federal District Judge of Delaware to abolish slavery.
The courts decided to keep the slaves
Massachusetts
The three-fifths clause provided for counting three-fifths of all slaves for purposes of representation in Congress.
Slaves should be counted when counting a state’s population to determine representation in congress
The Three-Fifths Compromise this compromise ment that for every 5 slaves 3 of them would be counted for taxation and representation.
Northern states opposed it, Southern States were in favor. Finally they compromised, and agreed that 5 slaves would be counted as 3 citizens.
Slaves should not be included when counting a states population to determine representation in congress. (APEX)
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
to free all slaves from slavry in the south
When writing the US Constitution, the slave-holding states wanted to include their slaves when counting their population, because that would give them more representation in the House of Representatives.
south wanted to enslave Africans to be counted as part of their population , but north disagreed they wanted the number of slaves to determine taxes but not representation
In Philadelphia, the constitutional convection could hardly dodge the questions that slavery raised. In regard to taxation and representation, especially, feeling ran hot. The South feared that a poll tax might be levied and slaves would be counted as persons for taxation purposes. WHen the representation was discussed, the North opposed counting slaves at all. A comporomise was reached that for both taxation and representation. all other persons (slaves) would count as three-fifths of a person. Hope that helps.
the south were very complex in their organizing