jan 1, 1787 - 1787:
Northwest Ordinance outlaws slavery
in the new territories.
Congress passes the Three-Fifths Comprise,
stating that every black man is equivalent to 3/5th
a white man, a southern effort to increase their influence
in the House of Representatives. U.S Constitution sets the date of
1808 as the official ban of American
interaction in the international slave trade.
