Why would south carolina's delegates to the constitutional convention have opposed the three-fifths compromise?

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Why would south carolina's delegates to the constitutional convention have opposed the three-fifths compromise?
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The 3/5ths compromise meant that slaves did not count as a whole person. Southern states like SC wanted a large population count for more gov representation, so they wanted slaves to count in the population.