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==Text== In the [[Constitution of the United States|U.S. Constitution]], the Three-fifths Compromise is part of [[Article One of the United States Constitution#Clause 3: Apportionment of Representatives and taxes|Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3]]: {{quote|Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, ''three fifths of all other Persons'' [italics added].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution-transcript#toc-section-2-|title=The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription|date=November 4, 2015 |publisher=[[National Archives and Records Administration]]|access-date=October 2, 2020}}</ref>}}
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