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Yes, the northwest ordinance of 1787 prohibited slavery in the Northwest Territory.

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Slavery was not allowed by the Northwest Ordinance.

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its a geological reason

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North of the Ohio River

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What did the northwest ordinance differ from the constitution on the issue of slavery?

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.


What did the Northwest Ordinance forbid in the Northwest Territory?

Slavery


How did the Northwest Ordinance address the issue of slavery in the new territory?

The Northwest Ordinance prohibited slavery northwest of the Ohio River.


What did the northwest ordinance says about slavery?

NIt outlawed slavery in the Northwest Territory Thanks


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

northwest ordinance


Why as time passed the northwest territory did not adopt slavery?

Because of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787


Was slavery permitted in the Ohio territory?

Slavery was not permitted in the Ohio territory. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which established the Northwest Territory, including what would become Ohio, prohibited slavery in the region.


Was slavery prohibited in the northwest territory by the northwest ordinance?

Slavery is illegal in the modern age in all countries and territories.


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

Northwest Ordinance of 1787


Changes of the northwest ordinance of 1787 made to slavery?

It also said that slavery would not be allowed in states formed from the Northwest Territory.


What law helped stop the spread of the slavery west?

northwest ordinance


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

Northwest Ordinance of 1787