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The 3/5ths compromise and the Senate were to appease the slave states. I don't know where you're getting this somehow getting they were limited by this. The 3/5
by dmead 3y ago
The 3/5ths compromise and the Senate were to appease the slave states. I don't know where you're getting this somehow getting they were limited by this. The 3/5ths compromise gave them a sure representation in congress over a population they held as property.
- josephcsible 3y agoThe slave states' proposal was that slaves count fully towards representation. The 3/5ths compromise lowered the representation that slave states got.
- banana_feather 3y ago...And the non slave states wanted them to not be counted at all, because counting them at all would permit slave states to exploit them to gain political power in two branches of government without having to extend them any rights. The slave states still won, they just didn't get the whole hog in this instance.
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- least 3y ago> I don't know where you're getting this somehow getting they were limited by this. I don't know where you're getting that this wasn't limiting them, given that their initial proposal was that each slave was to be counted as a person for the sake of apportioning representatives in the lower house. It's called a compromise because it's somewhere between the two different proposals from the two sides of this particular matter.