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Why did southern delegates to the Constitutional Convention approve the Three Fifths Compromise?

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Answer:

They did not want slaves to rebell and be their own people.

Step-by-step explanation:

They needed someway to count them.

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Three-fifths compromise is the agreement between delegates that three-fifths of the slave people will be included for deciding straight taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.

The Three-Fifths Compromise was a means to obtain southern aid for a new structure of government. Southern states had desired representation distributed by population; after the Virginia Plan was rejected, the Three-Fifths Compromise appeared to ensure the South would be well represented in the House of Representatives and have unbalanced power in electing Presidents.

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