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The Three-Fifths Compromise
Read the excerpt from Robert Yates's notes from the
Constitutional Convention on June 11, 1787.
Mr. Wilson was of opinion, and therefore moved, that
the mode of representation of each of the States ought
to be from the number of its free inhabitants, and of
every other description three fifths to one free
inhabitant.
O established equal representation in Congress
regardless of a state's population.
O established proportional representation in Congress
for both large and small states.
O established that a state's enslaved population would
be counted for partial representation.
O established that slavery would be outlawed within
twenty years of the Constitution's ratification.