Harsh climate no irrigation for land is possible
<span>Amendment XVII. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislatures.</span><span>
That's the exact wording</span>
The three-fifths compromise was when the Northern and Southern states decided to make an enslaved person count as 3/5 of a person for taxation and representation. This shows back then that Americans viewed slaves as property and didn't want them to count as a real person.
So we would have rights as Americans .
