Which of these pieces of legislation was an important step in limiting slavery?
land ordinance of 1785
northwest ordinance of 1787
three-fifths compromise
the great compromise

Southerners demanded that Blacks be counted with whites. Thecompromise clearly reflected the strength of the pro-slavery forces at the convention. The “Three-fifths Compromise” allowed a state to count three fifths of each Black person in determining political representation in the House.