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Northwest Ordinance. An Ordinance for the government of the territory... [northwest ordinance]
Maxwell, William (printer)1904-11-29
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
New York, NY, United States
Fragment of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. This printing comes from the first section of Laws of the Territory of the United States North-West of the Ohio, the first book printed in Ohio, often known as the Maxwell Code after the printer William Maxwell. This fragment appears in the complete volume as prefatory material after the title and before the regular text.
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- Title: Northwest Ordinance. An Ordinance for the government of the territory... [northwest ordinance]
- Creator: Maxwell, William (printer)
- Date: 1904-11-29
- Location: Cincinnati, OH
- Transcript:Article the Sixth. There shall be neither Slavery nor involuntary Servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.Hide TranscriptShow Transcript
- GLC Number: GLC01042p10,11
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