Robert Alexander

The Northwest Ordinance

Constitutional Politics and the Theft of Native Land

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9781476665191
• ISBN-10: 1476665192
• Artikelnr.: 46009014

Autorenporträt

Robert Alexander has published two books of fiction and a narrative history of the Civil War, and has edited five literary anthologies. He divides his time between Madison, Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Inhaltsangabe

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