Robert Alexander The Northwest Ordinance (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Northwest OrdinanceCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/03/2017Subtitle: Constitutional Politics and the Theft of Native LandEAN: 9781476665191ISBN: 9781476665191Publisher: McFarland & Co IncDescription: Passed by Congress in July 1787, the Northwest Ordinance laid out the basic form of government for all U.S. territory north of the Ohio River. That summer, the Constitutional Convention drafted the defining document of the American Republic as a whole. A bargain struck between Congress and the Convention outlawed slavery north of the Ohio, but gave Southern states a Congressional and Electoral College representation based on population figures that included slaves--each valued at three-fifths of a free white citizen. Because of this agreement, the western lands acquired from Great Britain after the Revolutionary War were divided into slave and free states--a compromise which, when it failed, precipitated the Civil War 74 years later. For years most historians denied that this political deal took place. 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.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 309gAuthor: Robert AlexanderGenre: HistoryType: EthnographyISBN-10: 1476665192Item Width: 12mmTopic: Society & Culture, Social SciencesRelease Year: 2017 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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