MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE
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No, the NW Ordinance specifically said they would be returned if bounty hunters came looking for them.
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Yes, slavery was outlawed unless that person had committed a crime
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No, a person can never be truly free from the constraints of society.
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Yes, once any person entered the NW Territory, they would be issued citizenship papers.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Considered one of the most important legislative acts of the Confederation Congress, the Northwest Ordinance also protected civil liberties and outlawed slavery in the new territories.
Detailed explanation-2: -The ordinance provided for civil liberties and public education within the new territories, but did not allow slavery.
Detailed explanation-3: -The prohibition of slavery in the territory, combined with ratification of the Constitution, effectively set up the conditions to suppress conflict over western expansion and the place of slavery in the territories until Missouri, the first state carved out of the Louisiana Purchase, applied for statehood.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.