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jan 1, 1787 - Northwest Ordinace of 1787

Description:

Banned slavery in the Midwest

Significance: used to argue against slavery expansion by the Illinois Republican Party (southerners argued back that the Constitution protected "property rights")

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jan 1, 1787
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~ 239 years ago