Small states and large states each achieved some of what they wanted in the Great Compromise. It was only one compromise of many at the convention.
The delegates also debated how to address slavery in the Constitution, though it never directly names it. Southern states, with large numbers of enslaved people, wanted to count slaves into their population for determining representation to Congress but not for taxation purposes. Northern states wanted the opposite. Greater representation would give a larger state more power in passing federal laws but also greater taxes. Delegates from northern states argued that counting slaves would not be fair for representation because slaves were not citizens with voting and other rights. Yet all states counted
The delegates also debated how to address slavery in the Constitution, though it never directly names it. Southern states, with large numbers of enslaved people, wanted to count slaves into their population for determining representation to Congress but not for taxation purposes. Northern states wanted the opposite. Greater representation would give a larger state more power in passing federal laws but also greater taxes. Delegates from northern states argued that counting slaves would not be fair for representation because slaves were not citizens with voting and other rights. Yet all states counted