USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Southern states wanted to count all the enslaved people to determine how many Representatives in Congress they would have. Northern states countered that if enslaved people were counted for representation, they should also be counted for determining taxes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Southern states had wanted representation apportioned by population; after the Virginia Plan was rejected, the Three-Fifths Compromise seemed to guarantee that the South would be strongly represented in the House of Representatives and would have disproportionate power in electing Presidents.

Detailed explanation-3: -Under the compromise, every enslaved American would be counted as three-fifths of a person for taxation and representation purposes. This agreement gave the Southern states more electoral power than they would have had if the enslaved population had been ignored entirely.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.