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Congress of the Confederation

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Congress of the Confederation

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Northwest Ordinance bars slavery in a US territory while preserving fugitive capture

📅 13 July 1787

The ordinance prohibited slavery in the territory north and west of the Ohio River while also requiring the return of people escaping from labor service. The contradiction shows how the new republic...