"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." — Northwest Ordinance, Article VI, July 13, 1787
The Ohio River boundary established here for the prohibition of slavery most directly anticipated which later sectional development?
- Acheck_circle
The use of geographic lines to manage slavery's expansion, as in the Missouri Compromise of 1820
- B
The repeal of fugitive-slave provisions during Reconstruction
- C
The Three-Fifths Compromise's apportionment formula
- D
The Tariff of Abominations' sectional revenue dispute
Explanation
Drawing a geographic line to limit slavery's spread north of a river became the template for the Missouri Compromise's 36 degrees 30 minutes line. The Three-Fifths Compromise concerned representation, the tariff concerned trade, and Reconstruction came generations later.