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title: "Why was the three-fifths compromise the only practical option to settle the issue of whether or not to count slaves as part of a state?"  
description: "Why was the three-fifths compromise the only practical option to settle the issue of whether or not to count slaves as part of a state?"  
author: "Vishal Kesarwani"  
published: 2018-10-01  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50162/why-was-the-three-fifths-compromise-the-only-practical-option-to-settle-the-issue-of-whether-or-not-to-count-slaves-as-part-of-a-state  
category: "usa history"  
tags: ["usa"]  

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# Why was the three-fifths compromise the only practical option to settle the issue of whether or not to count slaves as part of a state?


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