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Essay Archive - The Issue of Slavery in the Westward Expansion
The Issue of Slavery in the Westward Expansion
One of the bitterest fruits of westward expansion was the intensification
of the slavery extension issue. I support this statement.
Westward expansion intensified the slavery extension issue like
nothing else could have. It all began simply enough in 1787 when the
Ordinance of 1787, better known as the Northwest Ordinance, was passed.
The bill structured a government for the west by setting up a governor,
secretary and three judges to establish and maintain order. The bill also
stated that when a territory reached 60 thousand p....
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