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V. Settling slavery issues (Ch 10) Neryssa, Megan, Nate, Brendan A. What was the Three-Fifths Compromise? Be specific as to what it was used for.
 * The entire population would be periodically counted.
 * For purposes of apportioning representatives a state’s population would be equal to its entire population of free persons (including indentured servants) plus three-fifths of “all other persons,” meaning slaves

B. How did the delegates determine Representatives should be determined for future states?
 * Pierce Butler (South Carolina delegate) argued that slaves were the southern equivalent of northern free farmers and laborers.
 * George Mason concurred with Butler that slaves were economically valuable, but he “could not however regard them as equal to freeman”
 * Elbridge Gerry q uestioned why blacks, who were property in the South, should be in rule of representation more than the Cattle and horses of the North.
 * Gouverneur Morris argued that the original states should be guaranteed a perpetual majority of the representation in Congress

Two other "Slavery" Compromises:

Fugitive Slave Clause-any slave making it to a free state must be returned to his/her owner.

Congress cannot pass a law concerning slavery any earlier than 1808