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How did the Missouri compromise effect African Americans?

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It did not affect black Americans. In the south, politician knew that if they could get every African slave counted as a full vote, they could increase their population and thus increase their representation in congress. Northerners knew this so they decided to try to have blacks counted as ZERO citizens/votes so that the south could not increase their representation and thus gain control of congress. They decided to have blacks counted as 3/5 of a vote/citizen for representation purposes, thus The Missouri Compromise. Its not like blacks got any representation in their favor out of the deal. If anything, it would have put more proslavery people into power and nothing would have changed in a positive way for blacks.

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