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Three-Fifths Compromise (view source)
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The '''Three-Fifths Compromise''' states that five [[slave]]s would count as three people in determining the [[population]] for [[tax]]ing and [[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>
It was proposed in 1787 by [[James Wilson]] at the [[Constitutional Convention]]. The Compromise was introduced as a solution between the Southern and Northern States over how to count slaves in the regard of taxation determining representation in the [[House of Representatives]].This permitted southern slave holding states to count each of their slaves as 3/5th's of their population. After much debate, they settled the issue by allowing the slaves to be counted as three fifths of a person, not a full person. Although the slaves were not counted completely as "property" some still were unsatisfied, and wished to be thought fully as, "people".<ref>The Three Fifths Compromise[http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_Three-fifths_compromise]</ref>
It was proposed in 1787 by [[James Wilson]] at the [[Constitutional Convention]]. The Compromise was introduced as a solution between the Southern and Northern States over how to count slaves in the regard of taxation determining representation in the [[House of Representatives]].This permitted southern slave holding states to count each of their slaves as 3/5th's of their population. After much debate, they settled the issue by allowing the slaves to be counted as three fifths of a person, not a full person. Although the slaves were not counted completely as "property" some still were unsatisfied, and wished to be thought fully as, "people".<ref>The Three Fifths Compromise[http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_Three-fifths_compromise]</ref>
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