Slaves were counted as three-fifths of a person in population numbers determining how many people would be sent to the House of Representatives. Which is sort of ironic actually, because no one in that body was actually representing the slaves--only their owners.
The Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise reached during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention. The effect was to give the southern states a third more seats in Congress and a third more electoral votes than if slaves had been ignored (but fewer than if counts of slaves and free persons had been lumped together), allowing the slaveholder interests to largely dominate the government of the United States until 1865 (Wikipedia).
minus three fifths
Assuming that you mean "fifths", the answer is three fifths.
Three fifths is larger than three eighths
three fifths is bigger.
Three fifths of a piece.
They were counted as three-fifths of a person
They were counted as three fifths of a person.
it is a Compromise, which stipulates that three/fifths of the slave population would be counted for purposes of representation.
Slaves were counted by population by three-fifths of a person.
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Every slave was counted as three-fifths of a person.
Under the 3/5ths Compromise, each enslaved person was counted as three fifths of a free person for population reasons. This was especially true when it came to determining taxation and legislative representation for slave holding states.
The Three-Fifths Compromise of the Constitutional Convention established that slaves were to be counted as three-fifths of a person when taking a census for apportionment. This was nullified by a later Amendment that abolished slavery and involuntary service.
Every slave counted as three-fifths of a person. So if there were 5,000 slaves, 3,000 were counted as a 'citizen' or part of the population.
Every slave counted as three-fifths of a person. So if there were 5,000 slaves, 3,000 were counted as a 'citizen' or part of the population.
Each slave counted as 3/5 of a person when it came to voting and taxes.
In censuses, slaves counted as three-fifths (3/5) of a person.