"If Northerners found the three-fifths rule and slavery wrong, Southerners were perfectly willing to drive home the logic of ema
ncipation: Emancipate them and they stay where they are; and two-fifths of their number will be added to the representation, though they are not permitted to enlist in our army."—Professor Margo Anderson, 2003 What concern of Northerners did the Southerners use in this argument?
A. Trade protection
B. Morality of enslavement
C. Representation in Congress
D. Border disputes with Great Britain
