Answer: because Boston did not want to be taxed
Explanation:
The following is the complete text of the Constitution of the Confederate States of America, as adopted on March 11, 1861. The text of the CSA Constitution was verified at the University of Oklahoma and the Library of Congress and was marked up for Web display by Steve Mount. The University of Georgia has the original hand-written copies in its archives.
The 3/5ths compromise was the law that designated how slaves were to be treated and represented. Previously an African American was counted as only 3/5ths of a person, hence the name of the compromise.
The slave trade between Western Africa and the America's reached its peak in
the mid-18th century when it is estimated that over 80,000 Africans annually
crossed the Atlantic to spend the rest of their lives in chains.
