On this day, July 13, in 1787

The Continental Congress of the United States unanimously passed the Northwest Ordinance, which established a formal process to admit new states. The Ordinance also provided many of the civil rights that would eventually be replicated in the Constitution’s Bill of Rights. It distinguished slave states from Free states, prohibiting slavery in the territories north and West of the Ohio River. Lastly, the Ordinance stated very clearly that Native Americans would be treated with respect, that their freedom would never be compromised, and that their land would never be taken without their consent. I wonder what happened??