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Undo trolling and vandalism. The Democratic party wasn't created until 1828 - neearly 40 years after the Constitutional Convention.
[[Image:Constitution.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Coming out of the Convention, the Constitution counted slaves as 3/5s for the purpose of representation.]][[Image:Democraticpartyusalogo.png|right|thumb|250px|The [[Democrat Party]] was the key creator of the "compromise"]]
[[Image:Constitution.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Coming out of the Convention, the Constitution counted slaves as 3/5s for the purpose of representation.]]
At the [[Constitutional Convention]], there was some debate over whether slaves should be counted as part of the population determining the number of seats in the [[House of Representative]] granted to each state. The '''Three-Fifths Compromise''' (also referred to as the '''Three-Fifths Clause''') was the solution to this problem. It determined that five [[slave]]s would count as three people in determining the [[population]] for [[tax]]ing and [[representation]].<ref>U.S Government and Politics</ref>
At the [[Constitutional Convention]], there was some debate over whether slaves should be counted as part of the population determining the number of seats in the [[House of Representative]] granted to each state. The '''Three-Fifths Compromise''' (also referred to as the '''Three-Fifths Clause''') was the solution to this problem. It determined that five [[slave]]s would count as three people in determining the [[population]] for [[tax]]ing and [[representation]].<ref>U.S Government and Politics</ref>