At the Constitutional Convention, the "Three Fifths Compromise" dealt with issues surrounding what issue?

Answer 1

The "Three-Fifths Compromise" dealt with the issue of how enslaved individuals would be counted when determining a state's population for the purpose of representation in the House of Representatives and the apportionment of taxes. It was a negotiation between the Northern and Southern states during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The Southern states wanted enslaved individuals to count as full persons to increase their representation, while the Northern states argued that enslaved individuals should not be counted at all. The compromise settled on counting each enslaved individual as three-fifths of a person for both representation and taxation purposes.