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The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 contained many acts. Act number 6 in the law specifically outlawed slavery and involuntary servitude.

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It prohibited slavery in the states formed from the Northwest Territory, the area north and west of the Ohio River.

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They banned slavery form the northwest ordinance.

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