The North did not want slaves to be counted in a state's population, but the south did. This dispute led to another compromise. "The
Three-Fifths Compromise. What did the "Three-Fifths" mean?
For every five slaves, only three would be counted in the official population
Only three southern states out of five would be counted toward the population
Southern states would lose three-fifths of an acre for every five slaves they counted.
Slave owners would only count three-fifths of their very best workers in the population.