The conflict between the North and the South played an important role in the development of this document. The North believed that representation in Congress should be based on the total number of people, while the South believed it should be based on the number of whites. However, the Three-Fifths Compromise solved this problem when it was said that a slave would count as 3/5 of a free person in representation and taxation. Article one, section two of the Constitution defines how the population will be counted, obviously there was strong opposition to this from southern states like Virginia because their economy was based on slave labor and they had a larger population numerous due to