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02353aam a2200397 i 4500 001 09697692621111E7BC2B04C5DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170706010219 008 170119s2017 ncub b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017002543 020 $a 1476665192 020 $a 9781476665191 035 $a (OCoLC)959536024 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-usc-- $a n-usc-- 050 00 $a E309 $b .A44 2017 082 00 $a 977/.02 $2 23 100 1 $a Alexander, Robert, $d 1949- $e author. 245 14 $a The Northwest Ordinance : $b constitutional politics and the theft of native land / $c Robert Alexander ; foreword by Staughton Lynd. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c [2017] 300 $a viii, 215 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The year 1787 had started -- Meanwhile in Philadelphia -- Beginning with the Treaty of Lancaster -- Now back to the Constitutional Convention -- A brief history of the United Illinois and Wabash Land Company -- Under the Articles of Confederation -- Philadelphia in July -- History of the Anti-Slavery Clause -- New York in July -- Treaty at the mouth of the great Miami -- Back to Philadelphia -- Logan's Raid -- Conclusion: back in New York. 520 $a "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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 10 $a United States. $t Ordinance of 1787. 630 07 $a Ordinance of 1787 (United States) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01357141 651 0 $a Northwest, Old $x History $y 1775-1865. 651 7 $a United States $z Northwest, Old. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01242541 648 7 $a 1775-1865 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 700 1 $a Lynd, Staughton, $e author of foreword. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210406014630.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=09697692621111E7BC2B04C5DAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search