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8.7 How Should Slaves Be Counted?

8.7 How Should Slaves Be Counted?. State Representation. The Great Compromise kept the framers working together. They decided on 2 houses of Congress, with one house based on population. But that raised a new question. How should slaves be counted in population?. People or …?.

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8.7 How Should Slaves Be Counted?

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  1. 8.7 How Should Slaves Be Counted?

  2. State Representation The Great Compromise kept the framers working together. They decided on 2 houses of Congress, with one house based on population. But that raised a new question. How should slaves be counted in population?

  3. People or …? By the time of the convention, nine-tenths of slaves in the United States lived in the South. Southerners wanted as many representatives in the House as possible, so they wanted slaves to count the same as anyone else when determining representation.

  4. … Property? Northern delegates challenged the idea, stating that the south used slaves to do field work like northerners used cattle or horses. They argued that if slaves were treated like property, then they should only be counted as property, and not be counted as part of the population. http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/slavery/

  5. Gouverneur Morris of PA said if slaves were to be counted as people in determining representation in Congress, “then make them citizens and let them vote”.

  6. New Thinking on Slavery The argument on slavery began to divide many Americans. The Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution forced many to reexamine their views. Some began taking steps to end what they now saw as a great evil.

  7. Benjamin Franklin became president of an antislavery society in 1787. In the North, this new thinking led many states to pass laws ending slavery. Yay!!!!

  8. Although many Southerners were uneasy about slavery, they were not ready to abolish it. The South’s economy was still very dependent on their labor of enslaved African Americans. Some Southern states did pass laws making it easier for owners to free theirslaves.

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