edited by Frederick D. Williams
Michigan State University Press, 1989
eISBN: 978-0-87013-969-7 | Paper: 978-1-61186-027-6 | Cloth: 978-0-87013-262-9
Library of Congress Classification E309.N68 1989
Dewey Decimal Classification 977.02

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

Adoption of the Northwest Ordinance in 1787 ended a long and sometimes acrimonious debate over the question of how to organize and govern the western territories of the United States. Many eastern leaders viewed the Northwest Territory as a colonial possession, while freedom-loving settlers demanded local self- government. These essays address the ambiguities of the Ordinance, balance of power politics in North America, missionary activity in the territory, slavery, and higher education in the Old Northwest.



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