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To: Old Teufel Hunden
...not extending slavery to the new states and territories.

In point of fact, Jefferson wrote the initial drafts of the Northwest Ordinance which forbade slavery in the territories North of the Ohio river.

488 posted on 08/10/2010 12:29:14 PM PDT by Ditto (Nov 2, 2010 -- Time to Clean House.)
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To: Ditto

Thanks for that info Ditto....


491 posted on 08/10/2010 12:41:03 PM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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