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July 12, 1787</ref>  Fully counting slaves would have given the slave states immense power.  The final vote was 2 to 8 against.  The only two states voting yes were Georgia and South Carolina.  After Pinkney's motion for full representation, the states agreed to partial representation.<ref>July 12th</ref>

July 12, 1787</ref>  Fully counting slaves would have given the slave states immense power.  The final vote was 2 to 8 against.  The only two states voting yes were Georgia and South Carolina.  After Pinkney's motion for full representation, the states agreed to partial representation.<ref>July 12th</ref>

On August 8th, 1787, Gouverneur Morris observed:

On August 8, 1787, Gouverneur Morris observed:

<blockquote>The admission of slaves into the Representation when fairly explained comes to this: that the inhabitant of Georgia and South Carolina who goes to the Coast of Africa, and in defiance of the most sacred laws of humanity tears away his fellow creatures from their dearest connections and damns them to the most cruel bondages, shall have more votes in a government instituted for the protection of the rights of mankind, than the Citizen of Pennsylvania or New Jersey who views with a laudable horror, so nefarious a practice.<ref>[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_808.asp Madison Debates], August 8th, 1787</ref></blockquote>

<blockquote>The admission of slaves into the Representation when fairly explained comes to this: that the inhabitant of Georgia and South Carolina who goes to the Coast of Africa, and in defiance of the most sacred laws of humanity tears away his fellow creatures from their dearest connections and damns them to the most cruel bondages, shall have more votes in a government instituted for the protection of the rights of mankind, than the Citizen of Pennsylvania or New Jersey who views with a laudable horror, so nefarious a practice.<ref>[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_808.asp Madison Debates], August 8th, 1787</ref></blockquote>