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How did the Three-Fifths Compromise satisfy the North and South tensions over slavery

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it basically says that a black person will be counted as 3/5 of a white person. This satisfies the north by saying that black people will at least count for something, and it satisfies the south by saying that blacks do not count as much as white people do.
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