In the context of the three-fifths compromise, the delegates from the northern states:

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The three-fifths compromise was a result of debates between northern and southern states during the Constitutional Convention about how slaves would be counted when determining a state's total population for legislative representation and taxation purposes. Northern delegates generally did not want slaves to be counted as part of the population because it would give the southern states more power in the House of Representatives.

In the Context of the Three-Fifths Compromise, the Delegates from the Northern