From the Northwest Ordinance of 1787: "Art. 6. 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." As governor William Henry Harrison sought to permit slavery in Indiana Territory despite the above 6th Article of the Northwest Ordinance banning slavery. The convention mentioned in the letter from Thomas Jefferson, the other primary source for this week, was called to have the article rescinded. Congress refused. Then, Harrison arranged for the territorial legislature to pass laws about "negroes and mulattoes" as well as "servants." In one paragraph, explain how these laws attempted to get around the prohibition of slavery. This is a practice discussion. So limit efforts to one substantial paragraph and focus your efforts on the first, assessed discussion.

From the Northwest Ordinance of 1787: "Art. 6. 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." As governor William Henry Harrison sought to permit slavery in Indiana Territory despite the above 6th Article of the Northwest Ordinance banning slavery. The convention mentioned in the letter from Thomas Jefferson, the other primary source for this week, was called to have the article rescinded. Congress refused. Then, Harrison arranged for the territorial legislature to pass laws about "negroes and mulattoes" as well as "servants." In one paragraph, explain how these laws attempted to get around the prohibition of slavery. This is a practice discussion. So limit efforts to one substantial paragraph and focus your efforts on the first, assessed discussion.