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PLEASE HURRY!!!! During debates about slavery at the Constitutional Convention, delegates

from southern states wanted:
A. only three-fifths of the slave population to be counted.
B. all slaves to count toward a state's population.
c. slaves to be left out of state population counts.
D. the Constitution to make slavery illegal.
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B: Southern states wanted to count all slaves so they would get more delegates in the House of Representatives and have more electoral votes for President.
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