...State government: Provided, the constitution and government so to be formed, shall be Republican . . . and, so far as it can be consistent with the general...admission shall be allowed at an earlier period, and where there may be a less number of free inhabitants in the state than sixty thousand.18 Both Jefferson's...

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...peace and friendship with them. . . . Prohibition of Slavery Article 6. There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise...than in punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor...

...to be formed, shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles; and, so far as it can be consistent with the general...free inhabitants in the State than sixty- thousand. ART. 6. There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than...

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...organization and powers of the government of the territory. Only the following section relates to slavery.} Article VI. There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary...than in punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided always, that any person escaping into the same, from whom labor...

...Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever ... ; and, so far as it can be consistent with the general...number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand."194 The Northwest Ordinance was reenacted with minor changes by the First Congress.195 The...