Tennessee

Also, why were they worried about the Southern states having more political power if they didn't give 2 shits about slavery?

Was there something else about these states (apart from slavery) that made allowing them to have power commensurate with their populations ... egregious?

I dunno ... I'm kinda struggling with how upset I should get when a RePuQ congressman from TN wants to give the Northern States delegates credit for attempting to end slavery, well before Abraham Lincoln.

I don't know how we KNOW that all these Northerners cared about was their own political power, and did NOT actually fear the slave states gaining so much power (due to their populations) that they could force slavery to be accepted at the Federal level.

I also kinda think if you're lobbying for slaves to count as ZERO people, on account of their rights being so limited, this effectively constitutes an 'anti-slavery protest' kind of position to take, inherently.