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Which territories was slavery permitted?
Territories of which country? There are over 215 countries on the planet, each with their own territories.Re-ask the question with the missing information.
Was slavery permitted in the Ohio territory?
Slavery was not permitted in the Ohio territory. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787, which established the Northwest Territory, including what would become Ohio, prohibited slavery in the region.
In which 1857 federal court case did the U.S. Supreme Court rule that slavery was permitted in U.S. territories and that slaves were not U.S. citizens?
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the 1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford case that slaves were not U.S. citizens and that the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which excluded slavery from certain territories, was unconstitutional. This decision further polarized the nation on the issue of slavery leading up to the Civil War.
Was slavery prohibited in Michigan territory and permitted in the Arkansas territory?
Slavery was prohibited in the Michigan Territory through the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. In contrast, slavery was permitted in the Arkansas Territory until it was admitted to the Union as a state in 1836.
People living in a territory had the right to decide by voting if slavery be allowed?
Popular sovereignty is the principle that residents of a territory have the right to decide whether slavery should be permitted through a direct vote. It was a compromise proposed as part of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 to settle the debate over the extension of slavery into new territories.
