http://ezbuys123.com/2010/how-was-the-issue-of-slavery-dealt-with-at-the-convention-what-bargain-was-eventually-struck-between-the-new/ we find bargains Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:49:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://ezbuys123.com/2010/how-was-the-issue-of-slavery-dealt-with-at-the-convention-what-bargain-was-eventually-struck-between-the-new/comment-page-1/#comment-1369 redunico Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:05:56 +0000 http://ezbuys123.com/2010/how-was-the-issue-of-slavery-dealt-with-at-the-convention-what-bargain-was-eventually-struck-between-the-new/#comment-1369 Some argued to free all slaves. The bargain was struck that it was more important to fight England and settle the matter of slavery. "Slavery is seen in the Constitution in a few key places. The first is in the Enumeration Clause, where representatives are apportioned. Each state is given a number of representatives based on its population - in that population, slaves, called "other persons," are counted as three-fifths of a whole person. This compromise was hard-fought, with Northerners wishing that slaves, legally property, but uncounted, much as mules and horses are uncounted. Southerners, however, well aware of the high proportion of slaves to the total population in their states, wanted them counted as whole persons despite their legal status. The three-fifths number was a ratio used by the Congress in contemporary legislation and was agreed upon with little debate." Some argued to free all slaves. The bargain was struck that it was more important to fight England and settle the matter of slavery.
“Slavery is seen in the Constitution in a few key places. The first is in the Enumeration Clause, where representatives are apportioned. Each state is given a number of representatives based on its population – in that population, slaves, called “other persons,” are counted as three-fifths of a whole person. This compromise was hard-fought, with Northerners wishing that slaves, legally property, but uncounted, much as mules and horses are uncounted. Southerners, however, well aware of the high proportion of slaves to the total population in their states, wanted them counted as whole persons despite their legal status. The three-fifths number was a ratio used by the Congress in contemporary legislation and was agreed upon with little debate.”

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