The Three-fifths Compromise established the principle,new in republican theory,that a man who lives among slaves had a greater share in the election of representatives than the man who did not.

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The Three-fifths Compromise counted each slave as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of determining a state's representation in the House of Representatives. This meant that white residents of slaveholding states had a greater share in the election of representatives than white residents of non-slaveholding states.

The Three-Fifths Compromise Established the Principle,new in Republican Theory,that a Man