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they outlawed slavery
NIt outlawed slavery in the Northwest Territory Thanks
The Northwest Ordinance prohibited slavery northwest of the Ohio River.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 contained many acts. Act number 6 in the law specifically outlawed slavery and involuntary servitude.
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No, slavery was not allowed in the new territory
Slavery is illegal in the modern age in all countries and territories.
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.
Every state has outlawed slavery, so....
The Missouri CompromiseAdditional territories gained from the U.S.--Mexican War of 1846--1848 heightened the slavery debate. Abolitionists fought to have slavery declared illegal in those territories, as the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 had done in the territory that became the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. Advocates of slavery feared that if the institution were prohibited in any states carved out of the new territories the political power of slaveholding states would be diminished, possibly to the point of slavery being outlawed everywhere within the United States. Pro- and anti-slavery groups rushed to populate the new territories.
Dred Scott v. Sanford, 60 US 393 (1857)Scott actually lived in three areas considered free territories by virtue of anti-slavery laws:Rock Island, Illinois: Illinois state statutes prohibited slave ownership.Wisconsin Territories: Federal land where slavery was outlawed by the Northwest Ordinance in 1789.Upper Louisiana Territory: Federal land north of the 36th parallel (36º30') that was the dividing line between the Southern slave owning states and the states and territories where slave-holding was not allowed by virtue of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. The 36th parallel corresponded to the Missouri northern state line.
Slavery was outlawed.