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What was the result of the three-fifths compromise

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proposed by James Wilson and Roger Sherman, who were both delegates for the Constitutional Convention of 1787.
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The result of the three-fifths compromise was when the delegates counted the population of slaves as 3/5's. It resolved the issue of counting slaves towards population in regards to the House of Representatives.
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