[Ryzorian]

Mason Dixon Line was one compramise, basically saying any State brought into Union above said line would be "free" and any state below would be "slave". The 3/5th's rule...came about becuase the North didn't want the "one man, one vote" thing being allowed for southern slaves, since the slaver holders could make them vote anyway they wanted. So they compramised and had 5 slaves equal 3 votes, IE, a black person was only worth 3/5ths of a white person. Those "compramises" made things worse over time, specially when the Courts weighed in with odd opions. The US still suffers problems, that are old hang ups from those past decisions.