James Wilson and Roger Sherman proposed this at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. In this compromise “The population of slaves would be counted as three-fifths in total when apportioning Representatives, as well as Presidential electors and taxes.” This soon became very controversial as slavery grew in the south. This is because it gave the south more power in congress than the north had. This angered the north because the north had a higher population than the south, but due to this compromise they had little say in
James Wilson and Roger Sherman proposed this at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. In this compromise “The population of slaves would be counted as three-fifths in total when apportioning Representatives, as well as Presidential electors and taxes.” This soon became very controversial as slavery grew in the south. This is because it gave the south more power in congress than the north had. This angered the north because the north had a higher population than the south, but due to this compromise they had little say in