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What did the three-fifths compromise do?

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That 3/5th of the slave population was being counted when then setting direct taxes on the state. Altho, representation in Congress.

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Answer:

Allowed the slave states to count a slave as three-fifths of a

person

Step-by-step explanation:

apex

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