The Northwest Ordinance : essays on its formulation, provisions, and legacy / edited by Frederick D. Williams.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Williams, Frederick D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Northwest, Old--History--1775-1865.

Northwest, Old.

United States. Ordinance of 1787.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (157 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing, Mich. : Michigan State University Press, 1989, c1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<DIV><P>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.</P></DIV>

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Ambiguous Achievement: The Northwest Ordinance; The Northwest Ordinance and the Balance of Power in North America; Battling Infidelity, Heathenism, and Licentiousness: New England Missions and the Post-Revolutionary Frontier, 1792-1805; Slavery and Bondage in the "Empire of Liberty"; The Development of Public Universities in the Old Northwest; Appendix; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-62895-216-4

0-87013-969-X

OCLC:

569942545