Madison thereby defends the Three-fifths Compromise that was adopted by the Constitutional Convention but which remained controversial and a source of friction between the states and political parties (it was annulled by the Fourteenth Amendment).

Southerners wanted slaves to count fully because it would increase the number of representatives allotted to slave-holding states.

The clause provided a mathematical formula that allowed for the allocation of representatives in Congress that factored in the slave population.

"[7] In the 54th Federalist Paper, James Madison reveals his defenses and arguments behind a portion of the United States Constitution known as the Three-Fifths Compromise.

Madison created the 54th Federalist Paper in order to influence the American public that the compromise was in fact a successful solution to the differences between the North and the South regions.

Although Madison was a strong supporter of the Constitution, he personally felt conflicted about the concept of slavery, which inevitably left him feeling obligated to defend the three-fifths rule.

Madison continues to argue through the content of the 54th Federalist Paper, that by the defense of the Constitution and in support of the Three-Fifths Compromise, that slaves should be represented with mixed characteristics, as both property and person.

Alexander Hamilton was the force behind the project of the Federalist Papers, and was responsible for recruiting James Madison and John Jay to write with him as Publius.

"[10] The Federalist Papers were written in an attempt to get the New York citizens to ratify the United States Constitution in 1787, but the specific issue at hand for No.