What was the subject of the great compromise? what did the delegates at the constitutional convention decide about slavery?

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Felix Moss

3 November, 11:50

What was the subject of the great compromise? what did the delegates at the constitutional convention decide about slavery?

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Jan Stephenson · Answer 1

The subject of the great compromise was how the congress would deal with legislation. It was a debate whether the states should be equally represented, or should they be represented based on the size of the state, that is, on the size of the population. The decision was to have a compromise and have a bicameral government where both systems would be implemented in the best interest of all states with the senate having equal representation, and the house having population representation.

They decided that for now slavery would be legitimate and legal, but in the future the Congress would decide the future of slavery in the country. The 3/5ths compromise was important in this because of how slaves would account for during census when it comes to representation. In the future however we know what the congress did and how slavery was first forbidden in the North, and then later in the south as well.