At the Constitutional Convention,the delegates agreed that slaves would be counted as __________ of a person for determining population for representation in the House of Representatives.

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The Three-Fifths Compromise, reached during the Constitutional Convention in 1787, counted each slave as three-fifths of a person for the purpose of determining representation in the House of Representatives. This compromise favored Southern states, which had a larger slave population, by giving them greater representation in the House.

At the Constitutional Convention,the Delegates Agreed That Slaves Would Be