USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The three-fifths compromise was an agreement reached by members of the Constitutional Convention in 1787. It provided for the enumeration of 3/5ths of the enslaved population in a state for the purpose of determining the number of Representatives in Congress each state would have.

Detailed explanation-2: -Article one, section two of the Constitution of the United States declared that any person who was not free would be counted as three-fifths of a free individual for the purposes of determining congressional representation. The “Three-Fifths Clause” thus increased the political power of slaveholding states.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Three-Fifths Compromise was reached among state delegates during the 1787 Constitutional Convention. It determined that three out of every five slaves was counted when determining a state’s total population for legislative representation and taxation.

Detailed explanation-4: -Three-Fifths Compromise An agreement added to the Constitution that would count each enslaved person as three-fifths of a white person for purposes of representation in the House of Representatives.

Detailed explanation-5: -Southern slave owners wanted slaves counted for the purpose of representation (as people) and taxation (as property). What did the Constitution say about the “Three-Fifths Compromise"? It said that slaves could be counted as 3/5 of a person for both representation and taxation.