How did the constitutional convention handle the issue of slavery?

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Adriana Kirk

7 April, 04:45

How did the constitutional convention handle the issue of slavery?

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Free blacks counted the same as free whites for purposes of representation. Even though slaves were property under the laws of the Southern states, the Constitution itself acknowledged that they were persons. The Three-fifths Clause addressed how the slave population would be counted for purposes of representation.