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Three-fifths compromise, compromise agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention (1787) that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
Allyn Cox: The Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention, oil on canvas mural by Allyn Cox, 1973–74; in the House of Representatives wing of the U.S. Capitol building, depicting (from left) Alexander Hamilton, James Wilson, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin.
Architect of the Capitol