Northern states hoped that slavery would eventually prove unprofitable and wanted the Constitution to ban the (external) slave trade. This would not have banned slavery outright, merely banned the import of new slaves. The Constitution gave congress the power to ban the slave trade only 1808, presumably to give the southern economy time to 'adjust' or to determine how necessary the trade was to the economy in the future. Also, the North felt slaves should be counted for the purpose of taxation but not for representation, as slaves could not vote. Regarding population census of slaves and taxation, the most infamous compromise was arrived upon, namely that "delegates agreed to count slaves as 3/5ths of a person when apportioning representation and taxation" ("Constitutional Compromises," 2008, NY State Regents).
Economic tensions also existed between Southern and Northern states irrespective of slavery. Southerners, who then produced a wide array of exported cash crops like cotton, wanted free trade, the emerging Northern manufacturing industry wanted a more protectionist national policy, and thus the Constitution permitted taxation on imports but not exports ("Constitutional Compromises, 2008, NY State Regents).
The ideological tensions between more democratic and anti-democratic voices of the delegates also defined the convention. Some delegates stated that the "president should be elected directly by the people," while others believed that the common people "could...
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