Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
Vermont was a territory that abolished slavery in 1777, but technically Pennsylvania was the first STATE to abolish slavery, doing so in 1780.
Slavery was first introduced to america in jamestown, virginia during 1619.
The 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act caused an internal conflict. As a territory, Kansas was the first territory to have an armed and bloody conflict over slavery.
Vermont was the first territory (not a state at the time) to abolish slavery in 1777, the first state to abolish slavery outright was Pennsylvania in 1780.
Slavery came to the colonies in 1609, so it has been here since the start.
The Emancepation Proclamation by Abraham Lincon.
The Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln ended slavery.
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