{"id":2465,"date":"2022-10-11T11:43:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T15:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/ugrr\/?p=2465"},"modified":"2022-11-15T10:20:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T14:20:56","slug":"1787-northwest-ordinance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/ugrr\/1787-northwest-ordinance\/","title":{"rendered":"(1787) Northwest Ordinance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Citation<\/h2>\n<p>Northwest Ordinance, July 13, 1787, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/milestone-documents\/northwest-ordinance\">FULL TEXT<\/a> via National Archives<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Excerpt<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2473\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/ugrr\/files\/2022\/10\/Northwest-Territory.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2473\" class=\"wp-image-2473 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/ugrr\/files\/2022\/10\/Northwest-Territory-300x173.png\" alt=\"maps of Northwest Territory\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/ugrr\/files\/2022\/10\/Northwest-Territory-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/ugrr\/files\/2022\/10\/Northwest-Territory-1024x589.png 1024w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/ugrr\/files\/2022\/10\/Northwest-Territory-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/ugrr\/files\/2022\/10\/Northwest-Territory-900x518.png 900w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/ugrr\/files\/2022\/10\/Northwest-Territory.png 1084w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Northwest Territory (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.loc.gov\/collections\/pioneering-the-upper-midwest\/articles-and-essays\/history-of-the-upper-midwest-overview\/northwest-and-ordinances\/\">Library of Congress<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Art. 6.\u00a0There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Related Sources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/memory.loc.gov\/cgi-bin\/query\/r?ammem\/hlaw:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28dg024297%29%29\">Nathan Dane to Rufus King, July 16. 1787<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Related Essays<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/ugrr\/regional-essays\/escaping-on-the-northwestern-frontier-johnson\/\">D\u00e9anda Johnson, Escaping on the Northwestern Frontier<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/ugrr\/thematic-essays\/the-politics-of-fugitive-slaves-oakes\/\">James Oakes, The Politics of Fugitive Slaves<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citation Northwest Ordinance, July 13, 1787, FULL TEXT via National Archives Excerpt Art. 6.\u00a0There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is 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