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Step-by-step explanation:
A result of the debate over the issue of how enslaved individuals would be counted when it came to voting for taxation and representation purposes, the three-fifths compromise meant that every five enslaved individuals would be counted as three persons. Southern delegates wanted to count enslaved individuals as a part of the population to increase their representation in the House of Representatives, while Northern delegates, who mainly opposed the idea of slavery, believed this would give the South an unfair advantage.
Not only did this compromise ensure greater representation for Southern states in Congress, but it also reinforced the institution of slavery, by denying enslaved individuals full rights and liberties while counting them as property. The compromise would also come to reflect the growing divide between the Northern and Southern states, becoming a contributing in the eventual Civil War. The compromise also highlighted the hypocrisy of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution--the founding principles of the nation by continuing to endorse and normalize the inhumane treatment of African Americans.