Northwest Ordinance: essays on its formation, provisions and legacy

Abstract

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Ambiguous Achievement: The Northwest Ordinance -- The Northwest Ordinance and the Balance of Power in North America -- Battling Infidelity, Heathenism, and Licentiousness: New England Missions and the Post-Revolutionary Frontier, 1792-1805 -- Slavery and Bondage in the "Empire of Liberty" -- The Development of Public Universities in the Old Northwest -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index.