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Which founding father and prominent american legal scholar signed the declaration of independence and proposed the three-fifths compromise at the constitutional convention?.

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James Wilson

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James Wilson among others signed the declaration of Independence, but he is a legal scholar and he was the one who proposed the 3/5ths compromise for the constitutional convention.

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