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What did the articles of compact guarantee about slavery in the Northwest Territory?
ANeither slavery nor involuntary servitude there
BSlavery allowed only south of the Ohio River
CSlavery allowed once a legislature was chosen
DSlavery left to each new state to settle
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude there
1. Six articles of compact bound the original states and the people of the new territory.
2. They guaranteed civil rights and liberties and encouraged education.
3. They also guaranteed that there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in that territory.
4. The Ordinance thereby set the pattern for a public land policy built on equality.
5. Nothing in it left the question to a later territorial legislature.
_Source: An Outline of American History (U.S. Information Agency, 1990, public domain), section PROBLEMS CONFRONT THE NEW NATION_
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