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jul 13, 1787 - Northwest Ordinance

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A law passed by Congress that prohibited slavery in all new states that joined the US, paving the way for Westward Expansion. The ban on slavery angered the South, because they wanted to expand slavery.

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jul 13, 1787
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~ 239 years ago