The Northwest Ordinance
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6519-1 (ISBN)
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.
The late Robert Alexander published two books of fiction and a narrative history of the Civil War, and edited five literary anthologies.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Staughton Lynd
Preface
Introduction
1. The Year 1787 Had Started
2. Meanwhile in Philadelphia
3. Beginning with the Treaty of Lancaster
4. Now Back to the Constitutional Convention
5. A Brief History of the United Illinois and Wabash Land Company
6. Under the Articles of Confederation
7. Philadelphia in July
8. History of the Anti-Slavery Clause
9. New York in July 1787
10. Treaty at the Mouth of the Great Miami
11. Back to Philadelphia
12. Logan’s Raid
13. Back in New York
Appendix A. Abraham Yates’s Solitary Vote Against the Northwest Ordinance
Appendix B. Johnson v. M’Intosh
Appendix C. Speech of the United Indian Nations
Appendix D. Complete Text of the Northwest Ordinance and the Resolve of 1784
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 31.01.2017 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 3 maps, appendices, notes, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 295 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-6519-2 / 1476665192 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-6519-1 / 9781476665191 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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