How did the Constitutional Convention resolve the issue of whether or not to count enslaved people when determining states representation in the House?

Slavery was ended so there were no enslaved people.

Enslaved people were moved to the northern states to even out the enslaved population.

Slavery continued only in the West but those territories were not states.

Each slave was counted as three-fifths of a person.

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Zayden Choi

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24 July, 12:47

How did the Constitutional Convention resolve the issue of whether or not to count enslaved people when determining states representation in the House?

Slavery was ended so there were no enslaved people.

Enslaved people were moved to the northern states to even out the enslaved population.

Slavery continued only in the West but those territories were not states.

Each slave was counted as three-fifths of a person.

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Tessa Malone · Answer 1

"Each slave was counted as three-fifths of a person" is the way in which the Constitutional Convention resolved the issue of whether or not to count enslaved people when determining states representation in the House, since this seemed to satisfy both the northern and southern states.