英文についての質問です。
What was the 3/5 compromise?という質問に対しての回答を探しました。
The southern states wanted their slaves to be counted. Their purpose was simply to maximize their influence in the new government. Virginia had 500,00022 free people and 300,000 slaves. South Carolina had 140,000 free people and just over 100,000 slaves. The other southern states had 1/3 or more of their total population as slaves. The northern states, by contrast, were critical of slavery and had fewer slaves in their population. Pennsylvania had 430,000 free people, but less than 4,000 slaves. Massachusetts was the second largest state with 475,000 people, but had no slaves. These northern states objected that the southern states treated slaves as property, to citizens, so it was inappropriate to count them at all for purposes of representation.
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In the end they compromised on including 3⁄5 of a state’s slaves in determining their population for determining how many Representatives they would get in the House.
つまり最後の文章の、「国の奴隷の３／５を含めた住民数で、人口を決定することに妥協した。これがThe 3⁄5 Compromiseだ。」ということでいいでしょうか？
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とにかく、回答をいただいたことに感謝です。 ありがとうございます。