The protect individuals liberty against abuse by the federal government
Your answer is D. A slave would count as three-fifths of a person when counting population for representation, because this was important, as this population number would then be used to determine the number of seats that the state would have in the United States House of Representatives for the next ten years.
The leaders in Africa wanted guns but the
slaves themselves wanted guns to protect
themselves from being captured and sold into slavery. All the guns were being sold by EU and Americas.
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