The third article of this document says that Indian lands should never be taken without consent and that schools should always be encouraged.
The third article of this document says that Indian lands should never be taken without consent and that schools should always be encouraged. Its sixth and final article forbids slavery except as a punishment, but adds that escaped slaves should be returned. Its fifth article was further specified by the Enabling Act of 1802, which called for a convention to meet in Chillicothe [CHIL-uh-KOH-thee]. One of the few major laws passed under the Articles of Confederation, it was re-passed by the First Congress and signed by President Washington. Under this law, once five thousand males lived in a region, the region was granted self-governance, and sixty thousand males led to statehood.  Name this act that called for the creation of three to five states east of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River.
The third article of this document says that Indian lands should never be taken without consent and that schools should always be encouraged.
{Northwest Ordinance} [or {Freedom Ordinance} or {Ordinance of 1787} or An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio]