To placate the Southern slave-holding states, the delegates at the Constitutional Convention agreed to ____________.
A. count each enslaved person as 3/5 of a white person-the 3/5 Compromise-in relation to representation in Congress.
B. count all enslaved people as 3/5 of a white person to reduce the Southern slaveholders' taxes to offset the costs of maintaining the enslaved population.
C. never ban the importation of Africans for purposes of enslavement.
D. count male enslaved people just like white people and the women and children as 3/5 of a person.
Answer: A. count each enslaved person as 3/5 of a white person-the 3/5 Compromise-in relation to representation in Congress.
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