Question

Why did the north want to count slaves as 3/5ths of a person?

a
The south had started to accept black people into their community and homes
b
The north was secretly very racist
c
If they were counted as a full person, the south would gain too much power
d
They north wanted to count them as a whole person

Answer 1

Answer: African Americans in the North lived in a strange state of semi-freedom. The North was not ready to treat the blacks as equal or human

Step-by-step explanation:

The North may have had emancipated its slaves, but was not ready to treat free African Americans (which everyone should be free) as equal or as completely human.