The Constitutional Convention dealt with the slave population by developing the 3/5ths Compromise. The 3/5ths Compromise stated that for every 5 slaves, 3 of them will count towards a states population regarding representation in the House of Representatives and for taxation purposes. This allowed for slave states to have signficiant political power in the House but also results in the state government having to pay more direct taxes to the federal government.
He agreed that is why he went with it .
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The Portuguese were using enslaved Africans on sugar plantations in Madeira, a Portuguese island off the west coast of Africa, by 1460. They built the first slave fort in 1481, on the coast of modern Ghana. This was Elmina Castle, the headquarters of the Portuguese slave traders. They were trading slaves for goods.
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