Asked by Ms. Sue

SOCIAL STUDIES - Tiffany, Monday, September 17, 2007 at 4:31pm

According to Article 1 Section 2 of the constitution, how were slaves to be counted when determining the number of congressional districts per state

Answered by Jack
A slave counted as 3/5 of a person.
Answered by Ms. Sue
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, <u>three fifths of all other Persons.</u>
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