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The ordinance was interpreted to mean that no more new slaves could be brought into the area. [12] The Jay Treaty between Great Britain and the United States made it illegal to buy and sell slaves. The treaty did not change the status, though, of 300 existing slaves who lived in Detroit in 1795. [8]
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The city is in western Muskegon County on the north side of Muskegon Lake, an arm of Lake Michigan. It is bordered to the south, across the lake, by the city of Muskegon, the county seat. The Muskegon River flows into Muskegon Lake in the eastern part of the city. The lake's outlet channel to Lake Michigan is a mile west of the city limits.
From 1660 to 1763, Michigan was part of the Royal Province of New France, which included France's laws making sodomy a capital offense.In 1763, Michigan was transferred to Great Britain's Indian Reserve and adopted British buggery statute that mandated a sentence of death for male-male buggery.
North Carolina: December 22, 1789: February 25, 1790: Ceded its trans-Appalachian Washington District, a swath between present north and south border-latitudes west to the Mississippi River, from which the federal government created the Southwest Territory, and subsequently the State of Tennessee. South Carolina: March 8, 1787: August 9, 1787
The township is in central Muskegon County, north of Muskegon, the county seat, and southeast of Whitehall. U.S. Route 31 crosses the township from northwest to south as a four-lane freeway, with access from Exits 118, 121, and 126. State highway M-120 crosses the east side of the township, passing through the community of Twin Lake.
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Pages in category "1763 in North America" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. S. Siege of Fort Detroit;