If slaveholding states considered slaves property, not people, why did they want slaves counted as free persons within the census?
A) They wanted to count Blacks in slaveholding states in the same way Blacks were counted in nonslaveholding states for the sake of equality.
B) These states were confused about the outcome of counting slaves as full persons.
C) This would provide these states with a greater number of seats in the House of Representatives.
D) They did not want to appear unfair in how they developed the Constitution.
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