The Three-Fifths Compromise was included in the Constitution to resolve a conflict over theA.Counting of enslaved persons in rel
ation to taxation and representation.B.Number of states needed to ratify a proposed amendment.C.Number of voters to approve a treaty in the Senate.D.Reimbursement of plantation owners for runaway slaves.
Southern states where slaves were more prominent believed that slaves should be counted in the population for the sake of representation and taxation. Northern states did not believe slaves should be counted because the slaves could not vote or pay taxes. To settle this disagreement slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person for the sake of representation and taxation.
