Catalogo · 9781476627618
Northwest Ordinance
ISBN 9781476627618
"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"--
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