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What documents was the first to ban slavery in a state or territory of US of America?

Northwest Ordinance of 1787.


Which state was first to stop 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.


What was the first state to abolish slavery in 1780 was?

Vermont was a territory that abolished slavery in 1777, but technically Pennsylvania was the first STATE to abolish slavery, doing so in 1780.


Was the first to ban slavery in a state or territory of the US?

Northwest Ordinance of 1787


What was the first to abolish slavery?

Vermont was the first territory in 1777 to abolish slavery but in 1780 Pennsylvania was the first state to enact a law beginning abolition of slavery, freeing future children of slaves. Massachusetts was the first state to abolish slavery outright in 1783.


Was Pennsylvania the first state to abolish slavery?

Depends on how you look at it. Vermont was the first territory in 1777 to abolish slavery. In 1780 Pennsylvania was the first state to enact a law beginning abolition of slavery, freeing future children of slaves. Massachusetts was the first state to abolish slavery outright in 1783.


What document was the first to ban slavery in the state or territory of the US?

Northwest Ordinance of 1787


What document was the first to ban slavery in a state or territory of the US of America?

Northwest Ordinance of 1787.


What was the first state to legalize slavery and the first state to abolish slavery?

Massachusetts became the first colony to legalize slavery in the year 1641. Slavery is declared illegal in the Americas' Northwest Territory, or now known as the Midwest in 1787. And Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, or in other words, he stopped slavery trade among the Americans.


What position did Abraham Lincoln take on slavery during the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

Lincoln argued that it was wrong to decide whether to allow slavery in a state or territory by voting


What was the name of the territory closed to slavery by the Missouri compromise?

Maine became a state where slavery was forbidden at the same time that Missouri became a slave state.


What state in the US supported slavery first?

Maryland was the first US state to support slavery.