USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Three-fifths compromise, compromise agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention (1787) that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.

Detailed explanation-2: -Southern delegates argued that their slaves counted in the population, yielding them more Representatives. Northern delegates countered that slaves were property and should not be counted at all.

Detailed explanation-3: -By including three-fifths of slaves (who had no voting rights) in the legislative apportionment, the Three-fifths Compromise provided additional representation in the House of Representatives of slave states compared to the free states.

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: -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.