What was settled with the three-fifths compromise?

The Three-Fifths Compromise was an agreement reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 in the United States. It settled the issue of how enslaved individuals would be counted for the purposes of taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.

The compromise determined that for both representation in the House and taxation, enslaved individuals would be counted as three-fifths of a person. This formula was used to calculate the number of seats each state would have in the House of Representatives and the amount of direct taxes that would be apportioned among the states based on their populations, including both free individuals and three-fifths of the enslaved population.

This compromise was highly controversial and morally contentious, as it dehumanized enslaved individuals by considering them only partially for the purposes of political representation and financial obligations without granting them any rights or freedoms.