Statehood and Union: A History of the Northwest Ordinance

233 Pages·2019·5.24 MB·English

by  Peter S. Onuf

Statehood and Union

S TAT E H OOD
A N D
U N I O N
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     
Peter S. Onuf
    
Notre Dame, Indiana
Copyright © , by Peter S. Onuf
First Midland Book Edition 
Published in 
by the University of Notre Dame Press
Notre Dame, Indiana 
All Rights Reserved
Published in the United States of America
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Onuf, Peter S., author.
Title: Statehood and Union : A History of the Northwest Ordinance / Peter S.
Onuf.
Description: Notre Dame, Indiana : Univerity of Notre Dame Press, 2019. |
“First Midland Book Edition 1992.” | Includes bibliographical references
and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018059040| ISBN 9780268105457 (hardback : alk. paper) |
ISBN 0268105456 (hardback : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780268105464 (pbk. : alk.
paper) | ISBN 0268105464 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780268105471 (pdf) |
ISBN 9780268105488 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: United States. Ordinance of 1787. | Northwest,
Old—History—1775–1865.
Classification: LCC E309 .O58 2019 | DDC 977/.02—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018059040
∞This paper meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992
(Permanence of Paper).
This e-Book was converted from the original source file by a third-party vendor.
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Dedicated to
Kristin Kirkman Onuf

C O N T E N T S
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 xi
     xiii
 xxiii
. Liberty, Development, and Union 
Visions of the West in the s
. Squatters, Speculators, and Settlers 
The Land Ordinance of 
. New States in the Expanding Union 
The Territorial Government Ordinances
. From Territory to State 
. Boundary Controversies 
. Slavery and Freedom 
. From Constitution to Higher Law 
 
 

M A P S
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Map : A Map of the Federal Territory () 
Map : A Map of the United States of N. America () 
Map : Detail from a Map of the United States () 
Map : Detail from a Map of the State of Ohio () 