Multiple Choice
Which of the following was a compromise regarding the issue of slavery at the Constitutional Convention?
A) Slaves were to count as three-fifths of a person for congressional apportionment.
B) Slavery was to be abolished by 1808.
C) Slavery was abolished in the North and retained in the South.
D) Slaves were to be counted the same as whites for congressional apportionment.
E) Southern slave owners were to be limited to no more than 500 slaves.
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