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Did the northwest ordinance of 1787 prohibit slavery in the northwest territory?
Yes, the northwest ordinance of 1787 prohibited slavery in the northwest territory.
How were the western territories governed under the northwest ordinance?
the northwest ordinance
Farsighted provision of Northwest Ordinance 1787 prohibited what?
The Northwest Ordinance is also known as the Freedom Ordinance of 1787. It was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States, which prohibited slavery in the Old Northwest.
What allowed the northwest to be divided into townships?
The Northwest Ordinance allowed the northwest to be divided into townships.
Who wrote the Northwest ordinance?
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Ordinance of 1784 which was significantly different from the Ordinance of 1787(A.K.A. the Northwest Ordinance). although most of the ideas from the Ordinance of 1784 were carried over into the revised document, Thomas Jefferson was not involved in writing the Ordinance of 1787 except for leaving behind a framework for others to use.
