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What was forbidden in the northwest states because of the northwest ordinance?
Slavery was prohibited in the 1787 Northwest ordinance.
What document determined how slaves would be counted in a state's population?
The Three-Fifths Compromise (during the Constitutional Convention in 1787).
What did the Great Compromise of 1787 do to the slaves?
It led to The Three-Fifths Compromise. This allowed slaves to be counted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of the census. Due to the fact that slaves were not allowed to vote or hold places in Senate, it reduced the political power of slave holding states by boosting overall numbers.
Why were there no women native Americans or African Americans present at the Philadelphia convention that began in may 1787?
They were not considered part of the political process, so none attended.
When was constitution signed?
September 17, 1787
How did African slaves' change in 1787?
In 1787 the Three-Fifths Compromise was passed. This meant that each slave was only worth 3/5 of an actual person. This meant that slave-holding plantations would lose some of their political power.
Which African city was founded in 1787 by Granville Sharp as the site of a settlement for freed slaves who were living in poor conditions in England?
Freetown, Sierra Leone
What role did the free African society play in the yellow fever epidemic of 1793?
it allowed the African American slaves/citizens to place where they could feel accepted It allowed the African American slaves/citizens a place where they could feel accepted with themselves. It was a non-denominational community formed in 1787 inPhiladelphia by Richard Allen, Absalom Jones and others for the benefit of African Americansreleased from slavery. It allowed the African American slaves/citizens a place where they could feel accepted with themselves. It was a non-denominational community formed in 1787 inPhiladelphia by Richard Allen, Absalom Jones and others for the benefit of African Americansreleased from slavery.
Did slaves live in the northwest territory in 1787?
yes
Were slaves counted as three-fifths of a person in 1787?
yes
When was Free African Society created?
Free African Society was created in 1787.
What did the constitutional convention of 1787 come close to doing with slaves?
FRee them
When was sierra Leone colonized by the british?
Sierra Leone was colonized in 1787 by freed slaves arriving from England
What percent of the southern population were slaves in 1787?
Slaves represented a sizeable percentage of the population of the antebellum south. In the lower south, slaves represented 47% of the population. The total percentile in the upper south was 29%. The border states had a population of 13% of slaves against the total population.
When slavery begin in the unite states?
Slavery existed in the Americas prior to the formation of the United States in 1787. When the US Constitution was accepted, slavery was already there. The first African slaves were brought to the Jamestown colony in the 17th Century.
One of the compromises made between northern southern state during the constitutional convention of 1787 concerned?
counting slaves in the population
What was forbidden in the northwest states because of the northwest ordinance?
Slavery was prohibited in the 1787 Northwest ordinance.
