False. It was slaves. Technically, slaves weren't counted as 3/5 of a person either, it was just that 3 out of every 5 slaves were counted as a part of population in a slaveholding state for congressional representation.
Under the compromise, every ENSLAVED American would be counted as three-fifths of a person for taxation and representation purposes. Basically referring to the slaves in the the south so the south could have more representation.
