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Did the northwest ordinance of 1787 prohibit slavery in the northwest territory?
Yes, the northwest ordinance of 1787 prohibited slavery in the northwest territory.
How did the Northwest Ordinance address the issue of slavery in the new territory?
The Northwest Ordinance prohibited slavery northwest of the Ohio River.
What documents was the first to ban slavery in a state or territory of the US?
northwest ordinance
Does the Northwest Ordinance prevent the extension of slavery into The Louisiana Purchase?
Yes. The northwest ordinance set the boundary of slavery at ohio.
What did the Northwest Ordinance forbid in the Northwest Territory?
Slavery
What was prohibited in the northwest ordinance?
Slavery
What was forbidden in the northwest states because of the northwest ordinance?
Slavery was prohibited in the 1787 Northwest ordinance.
What did the northwest ordinance differ from the constitution on the issue of slavery?
The Northwest Ordinance outlawed slavery in the territory. However the ordinance did allow for indentured servants to be held in the territory. The US Constitution did not prohibit slavery at that time.
What effect did the Northwest Ordinance have on the settlers?
It had to do with slavery
Did the ordinance of 1785 stop the spread of slavery to the west?
Not sure but think it's northwest ordinance not ordinance of 1785
Farsighted provision of Northwest Ordinance 1787 prohibited what?
The Northwest Ordinance is also known as the Freedom Ordinance of 1787. It was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States, which prohibited slavery in the Old Northwest.
Why as time passed the northwest territory did not adopt slavery?
Because of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
