Question

The debate over slavery: how was it resolved? Did economic interests prevail here?

Answer 1

It was all Economic interests. The Emancipation Proclamation just have a Moral cause the the Civil war. Its like spraying perfume on dead bodies and decorating them.

Answer 2

In the three-fifths Compromise, the people at the Constitutional Convention decided that for every 5 slaves, 3 people will counted to the census in terms of judging how many representatives each state would get in Congress.