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Well they counted slaves as cattle back then. I recall they compromised at 3/5 of person.
Specifically for the sake of giving southern states a higher population count and therefore more seats in the House of Representatives.
Yeah, the enslaving states actually wanted to count them as full people, for that purpose. 3/5 was a compromise with the free states. It really shows the power of motivated reasoning.