Prior to the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S.Constitution,slaves were counted as ______ (of)a person for representation to the House of Representatives.

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The Three-Fifths Compromise was an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 between delegates from southern states, who wanted to count slaves for representation purposes, and those from northern states, who opposed such an idea. The compromise stated that three-fifths of the total slave population would be counted for representation in the House of Representatives. This compromise was later superseded by the Fourteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery and granted equal protection under the law to all citizens.