Answer:
No matter what your gender, ethnicity, skin color, sexuality, etc. you are protected under the law.
Explanation:
State Representation is based off the population of the state, since slaves weren't technically citizens, they were not counted in deciding how many representatives a state had. Slaves were a large majority of the population in the south. The south thought they were under represented and wanted slaves to be counted so representation was fair in their eyes.
Islam continued to be the primary religion of the Middle East regions
