William Davie warned that North Carolina would not sign the Constitution unless this was included.
William Davie warned that North Carolina would not sign the Constitution unless this was included. First proposed by Charles Pinckney, it became a sectional issue after Rufus King proposed compensating states in New England to offset its effects. Its final version linked it to direct taxes apportioned among the states, and was proposed by Pennsylvania delegate James Wilson. Federalists called Thomas Jefferson the "Negro President" due to this clause's role in electing him, while it was not voided until the passing of the Fourteenth Amendment. The most prominent reference to slavery in the Constitution, FTP, name this compromise which determined representation by counting slaves as a certain fraction of the white population.
William Davie warned that North Carolina would not sign the Constitution unless this was included.
the {three-fifths} compromise or clause