Three-Fifths Compromise
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clause in the US constitution that a slave counts as ⅗ of a person for the purposes of taxes and apportioning the House of Representatives, repealed by the 14th Amendment
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- compromise
- Part of
- Constitutional Convention
- Country
- United States
- Main subject
- slave state
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