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10 Μαΐ 2022 · A bill of rights protecting religious freedom, the right to a writ of habeas corpus, the benefit of trial by jury, and other individual rights; in addition the ordinance encouraged education and forbade slavery.
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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 significantly changed American his-tory. The Ordinance provided that new states in the Northwest Terri-tory shared coequal status with the original thirteen states. It estab-lished the process for territories to become states. And it was the first and only federal anti-slavery policy before the Civil War. While ...
An Ordinance for the government of the territory of the United States northwest of the river Ohio. SECTION 1. Be it ordained by the United States in Congress assembled, That the said territory, for the purpose of temporary government, be one district, subject, however, to be divided into two districts, as future circumstances may, in the ...
27 Οκτ 2023 · The Northwest Ordinance prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory except as a punishment for crimes. However, it also mandated the return of fugitive slaves who escaped into the Northwest Territory from other states where slavery was legal, a precursor to the Fugitive Slave Act.
Summary. On July 13, 1787, Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance—an act that established a framework for governing the Northwest Territory, admitting new states, and protecting the civil liberties of settlers. It also banned slavery in the new territories.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787. Establishing government in the Northwest Territory was important to the new nation for many reasons. First, the frontier had to be strong enough to with-stand any attempt by England, France, or Spain to retake the land for themselves.
