The 13th Amendment’s criminal-exception loophole created conditions ... justice reform that states began reexamining this language drawn from the Northwest Ordinance. In 2018, Colorado was ...

They created the Province of Quebec ... which set up a process to divide the Northwest Territory into new states, followed by the Land Ordinance of 1785 to establish a system to survey the ...

The Northwest Territory was established by the Congress of the Confederation, a governing body that preceded the United States Congress. The Congress adopted "An Ordinance for the Government of the ...

Our own Matt Festa (South Texas) has posted his new article, Property and Republicanism in the Northwest ... for admitting new states to the union. A close reading of the Ordinance shows that ...

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 (adopted by the Confederation Congress) encouraged schooling and the pursuit of education. In 1862, the Morill Act created a mechanism for states to establish ...

Photo by Janelle Patterson Members of the Marietta chapters of the Daughters and Sons of the American Revolution retire the colors after the 230th Anniversary Celebration of the Northwest ...

Voters in five states this election season were tasked with deciding whether their state constitution should continue to allow slavery and involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime.

The Daviess County Museum will host author and speaker Richard Day for a presentation on the historical significance of the 1787 Northwest Ordinance on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at 1 ...