On the issue of slaves, the Constitution specified

On the issue of slaves, the Constitution specified




a) that slaves would count as three-fifths persons for counting the nation's population and determining seats in the House.
b) that slavery would be banned beginning in 1800.
c) that a gradual end to slavery must be worked out by Congress and the states within ten years.
d) a boundary, known as the Mason-Dixon line, south of which slavery would be legal.
e) nothing. It was too controversial a subject and the delegates could not agree on anything regarding it.


Answer: a) that slaves would count as three-fifths persons for counting the nation's population and determining seats in the House.


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