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[[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''' 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''' 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>
==Background==
==Background==
[[Image:GEORGE3.JPG|thumb|150px|Lincoln noted that "Necessity" was the only argument they ever admitted in favor of slavery at the time of the Founding.<ref>[https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/historyculture/peoriaspeech.htm Peoria Speech, October 16, 1854]</ref>]]
[[Image:GEORGE3.JPG|right|thumb|150px|Lincoln noted that "Necessity" was the only argument they ever admitted in favor of slavery at the time of the Founding.<ref>[https://www.nps.gov/liho/learn/historyculture/peoriaspeech.htm Peoria Speech, October 16, 1854]</ref>]]
Historians, politicians, and activists have argued endlessly about the Three-Fifths Compromise, what it means, and its impact.
Historians, politicians, and activists have argued endlessly about the Three-Fifths Compromise, what it means, and its impact.