The Three-Fifths Compromise was a compromise between Southern and Northern states reached during the 1787 United States Constitutional Convention in which only three-fifths of the population of slaves would be counted for enumeration purposes regarding both the distribution of taxes and the apportionment of the members of the United States House of Representatives and the U.S. Electoral College (through a census). It was proposed by delegate James Wilson. Southern United States. ... The Northern United States or simply The North, is a region in the United States of America. ... 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... This article discusses the history of the United States Constitution. ... The word slaves has several meanings and usages: People who are owned by others, and live to serve them without pay. ... Apportionment, or reapportionment, is the process of determining representation in politics within a legislative body by creating constituencies. ... The chamber of the United States House of Representatives is located in the south wing of the Capitol building, in Washington, D.C.. This photograph shows a rare glimpse of the four vote tallying boards (the blackish squares across the top), which display each members name and vote as... The United States Electoral College is the electoral college that chooses the President and Vice President of the United States at the conclusion of each Presidential election. ... A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... James Wilson (September 14, 1742–August 21, 1798), a complex and contradictory man, has been largely lost to history. ...

The Three-Fifths Compromise is part of Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution: The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America. ...

Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.

Since slaves could not vote, the benefit of counting any portion of the slave population for the purposes of apportionment fell to the slave-holding class. In other words, counting slaves as full persons would have increased the political power of the slave-holding states in the House of Representatives, which would presumably be to the further detriment of the slaves themselves. The Compromise also dealt with the issue of direct tax (as shown above), since slaves were considered property and taxable assets. House of Representatives is a name used for legislative bodies in many countries. ...

Following the Civil War and the abolition of slavery by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (1865), the three-fifths clause was rendered moot. Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution 1868) later superseded Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3, which specifically stated that "Representatives shall be apportioned ...counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed". Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders Abraham Lincoln Jefferson Davis Strength 1,556,678 (of whom many signed multiple enlistment contracts) 1,064,200 Casualties KIA: 110,100 Total dead: 359,500 Wounded: 275,200 KIA: 74,500 Total dead: 198,500 Wounded: 137,000+  {{{notes... The Buxton Memorial Fountain, celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, London. ... Amendment XIII (the Thirteenth Amendment) of the United States Constitution abolished slavery and, with the exception of allowing punishments for crimes, prohibits involuntary servitude. ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is one of the post-Civil War amendments and includes the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...