Why was 3/5 chosen over another number like 1/2 or 3/4?
A redditor who no longer wishes to be pinged on the subreddit has previously answered In colonial America, why was 3/5 chosen as the value of a slave when counting population?
/u/freedmenspatrol has previously answered What were some of the other options brought up before settling on the 3/5 Compromise at the Constitution Convention?
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