Critique the following constitutional provision protecting the

Question

property of slave owners. What would be an advantage of
this policy?

“Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned
among the several States which may be included within this
Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall
be determined by adding to the whole Number of free
Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of
Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all
other Persons.”

The national government assesses taxation on an equal
basis, regardless of state population size.
Identifying enslaved people as property ensures that
Southern slave states remain part of the Union.

Taxes are divided on an equal basis regardless of race,
ensuring taxation is fair.

States retain the power to decide what taxes will be paid
to the federal government, thus increasing state

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sovereignty.