The three-fifths compromise specified that only three-fifths of slaves could vote.

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The three-fifths compromise did not specify that slaves could vote. Instead, it determined that when determining the number of representatives in the House of Representatives, each slave would count as three-fifths of a person. This gave states with large slave populations more representation in Congress, but did not give slaves the right to vote.

The Three-Fifths Compromise Specified That Only Three-Fifths of Slaves Could