Three-fifths compromise, Definition, Purpose, & History

Three-fifths compromise, compromise agreement between the delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention (1787) that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.

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The Great Compromise of 1787, Definition, Summary & Purpose - Video & Lesson Transcript

The Fourteenth Amendment

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The Three-Fifths Compromise Explained: US History Review

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Day-by-Day Summary of the Convention

The Hartford Convention - Bill of Rights Institute

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