| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The year 1787 had started -- Meanwhile in Philadelphia -- Beginning with the Treaty of Lancaster -- Now back to the Constitutional Convention -- A brief history of the United Illinois and Wabash Land Company -- Under the Articles of Confederation -- Philadelphia in July -- History of the Anti-Slavery Clause -- New York in July -- Treaty at the mouth of the great Miami -- Back to Philadelphia -- Logan's Raid -- Conclusion: back in New York. |
| Summary |
"Because of the the Northwest Ordinance, passed by Congress in July 1787, the western lands acquired from Great Britain were divided into slave and free states, a compromise which precipitated the Civil War. Drawing on contemporary letters and documents, this detailed analysis re-examines the Ordinance and how Congress silently permitted the South's "peculiar institution" to move westward"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. Ordinance of 1787.
|
|
Ordinance of 1787 (United States) |
|
Northwest, Old -- History -- 1775-1865.
|
|
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. |
|
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI) |
|
United States -- Old Northwest. |
| Chronological Term |
1775-1865 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
|
History.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Alexander, Robert, 1949- Northwest Ordinance. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2017 9781476665191 (DLC) 2017002543 (OCoLC)959536024 |
| ISBN |
9781476627618 (electronic book) |
|
1476627614 (electronic book) |
|
9781476665191 |
|
1476665192 |
|
