Northwest Territory

American  

noun

1. the region north of the Ohio River, organized by Congress in 1787, comprising present-day Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and the eastern part of Minnesota.

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Northwest Territory British  

noun

1. See Old Northwest

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Northwest Territory

Masur’s story begins in the Northwest Territory, where the Continental Congress abolished slavery in 1787.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 22, 2021

Established in 1787, the Northwest Territory forbade slavery per the federal Northwest Ordinance.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 14, 2021

In it, they included a clause outlawing slavery, making the Northwest Territory the largest region in the New World up to that time to have done so.

From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2019

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 laid out a structure for the sale and settlement of the Northwest Territory, and three to five new states were to be created there.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012

Largely through the influence of the delegate from the Northwest Territory, a bill was passed which authorized the sale of sections and half-sections.

From The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 by Boggess, Arthur Clinton