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an agreement to count slaves as theree-fifths of the person was realated to

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the way the population was counted. This would give slave states more representation in the House of Representatives. This was one of the main reasons for tension which led to the War for States' Rights. The northern politicians didn't give a fig whether there were slaves they did not want slaves or free people being used to increase the representation in congress of the Southern states.

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