The Constitutional Convention argued about slavery for a great amount of time, but eventually they really didn't put anymore effort into the topic of slavery. However, f<span>or every five enslaved people they counted three of them it was called a three-fifth. </span>
At the Constitutional Convention, the slave compromises attempt to settle the different opinions regarding slavery by southern delegates refocused delegates on the primary purpose of the Convention. They pointed out that the purpose of a new constitution was to forge a political union, not a moral union, among the states. Moral considerations should be left to the individual states, not to the national government.
After Governor Morris, an antislavery delegate from Pennsylvania, said in a speech that slavery is “a nefarious institution—It was the curse of heaven on the States where it prevailed,”
When dealing with percentages, you can automatically switch it into a fraction. For example, 34% is 34/100. 120% is 1 and 20/100. You then simplify it if you can, and you have your answer.