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why did slave-state delegates want each slave to be counted as at least three-fifths of a person (if not as a whole person)?
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why did slave-state delegates want each slave to be counted as at least three-fifths of a person (if not as a whole person)?

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The southern states wanted slaves to be counted as a part of their population because it would give them more representation in congress, thus giving them more power.

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