Question

How did the delegates to the constitutional convention resolve their disagreement regarding slavery? it was agreed that congress would abolish slavery in 1850. it was agreed that a state's slave population would be counted for purposes of representation but not for purposes of taxation. it was agreed that a state's slave population would be counted for purposes of taxation but not for purposes of representation. it was agreed that 60 percent of a state's slave population would be counted for purposes of both representation and taxation?

Answer 1

The delegates to the constitutional convention resolved their disagreement regarding slavery by agreeing that 60 percent of a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of both representation and taxation.

Through this agreement, the delegates mixed the plans by taking them both.

Answer 2

Answer: it was agreed that 60 percent of a state's slave population would be counted for purposes of both representation and taxation

Explanation:

Many conflicts and compromises emerged when drafting the Constitution. one of them regarded wether or not should slaves be counted in the states census to allot House representatives.

The Three-Fifths Compromise established that slaveholding states could count  free African Americans and 60 percent of their enslaved population. That 60 percent was also counted for federal taxation, but no such taxes were ever collected.