PRESENTATION OUTLINE
The Great Compromise saved the Constitutional Convention, and, probably, the Union. Authored by Connecticut delegate Roger Sherman, it called for proportional representation in the House, and one representative per state in the Senate. This pleased states with larger populations.
Delegates at the constitutional convention
Southerners demanded that Blacks be counted with whites. The compromise clearly reflected the strength of the pro-slavery forces at the convention. The “Three-fifths Compromise” allowed a state to count three fifths of each Black person in determining political representation in the House.
These are Africans going on a ship to be transported
These compromises are just some of the few things that protect our freedom.
