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How did the three-fifths compromise contribute to the prolongation of slavery?

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While the practice of slavery was allowed to continue under the new Constitution, the Three-Fifths Compromise prevented slave-holding states from fully exploiting their slave populations and gaining an unbreakable political monopoly.

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