d) Slave population count

The Three-Fifths Compromise addressed a critical aspect of counting populations for legislative representation and taxation by determining that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted. This compromise was a contentious solution to the debate over how slaves would be counted in determining a state’s population and, consequently, its representation in Congress. The agreement was a pragmatic political solution to a moral dilemma, reflecting the deeply entrenched institution of slavery in the United States and the complexities involved in balancing the interests of slaveholding and non-slaveholding states.