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The 3/5ths compromise was about giving less representation to slaveholder states, and was not a moral judgment on the value of slaves. Slaveholder states would
by coredog64 6y ago
The 3/5ths compromise was about giving less representation to slaveholder states, and was not a moral judgment on the value of slaves.
Slaveholder states would have been perfectly happy for representation to be 1:1 for slaves vs. non-slaves.
- jandrese 6y agoRight, they had less representation so they needed to make up for the loss of power with the Electoral College system.
- quickthrowman 6y agoRight, the Electoral College and the Senate benefitted slaveholders by granting them more political power, not the 3/5ths compromise.