Three-fifths Compromise

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gptkbp:instanceOf constitutional agreement
gptkbp:agreedBy delegates from Northern states
delegates from Southern states
gptkbp:consequence increased political power of slaveholding states
gptkbp:effect counted three out of every five enslaved people for representation and taxation
gptkbp:historicalSignificance highlighted divisions over slavery in early United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Three-fifths Compromise
gptkbp:locationSigned gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:purpose resolve dispute over how enslaved people would be counted for representation and taxation
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:United_States_Constitutional_Convention
slavery in the United States
taxation
representation in Congress
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:13th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
1865
gptkbp:section gptkb:Article_I,_Section_2,_Clause_3_of_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:signedBy 1787
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Article_I,_Section_2_of_the_U.S._Constitution
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6