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The 3/5s Compromise cut both ways. Obviously it is demeaning for anyone to be counted as only 3/5s a person, but there was more to be considered.
States that practiced slavery wanted to count their slaves as full citizens of said states, even though they had ZERO rights. This would have given those states more representation in government, specifically the House and electoral college.
As a compromise (sprinkled with tasty humiliation), slaves were counted as 3/5s.
Weee! Only 2/5s to go, Mabel.