They could get more representation in the House that way, even though otherwise slaves were not considered people but were just property.
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In 1837 there were 12 states that were slave.
There were numerous slave states in the United States. Some of the slave states were South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia.
There were numerous slave states in the United States. Some of the slave states were South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia.
The compromise between slave states and free states was resolved by the 3/5ths Compromise. The southern states wanted to have slaves count as part of the population. The free states did not. They eventually agreed that the 3 out of every 5 slaves would be counted. The Great Compromise was when the legislature was agreed to be made of 2 houses, one upper and one lower. The upper house would have equal representation and the lower would be have the states represented by population.
He was willing to fight for it! Since the slave states also known as the Confederate States that time wanted to be it's own country, Lincoln said it was a bad example for the future. If Lincoln had let the Confederate States be at its own, then in the near future other states would leave. Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States. This was how to Civil War started.