rmining the state's share of taxes and not counted in representation because they are considered to be property. To resolve this argument between North and South, the Three-Fifths Compromise was proposed as a means to fulfill the needs of both North and South while maintaining a balanced state. The debate over southern representation at the Constitutional Convention in 1787, had many supporting arguments and many countering arguments, and many alternative proposals, however the issue was resolved with the establishment of the Three-Fifths Compromise.
             The debate over including blacks as part of the population in southern states, was divided into two distinct groups, the delegates from the north and the delegates from the south. The southern states wanted to count their slaves in the population count for the purposes of representation in Congress, but not for the purpose of taxation (Madison) . The northern states favored the opposing view, that slaves should be counted for taxation purposes, but not for the purpose of representation in Congress (Madison). Southern delegates stressed that slaves work just a hard as freemen, Pierce Butler, a delegate from South Carolina insisted that the labor of a slave was just as productive and valuable as that of a Massachusetts freeman, and consequently an equal representation ought to be allowed (Madison). Although this argument
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