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  2. Slave states and free states - Wikipedia

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    In the United States before 1865, a slave state was a state in which slavery and the internal or domestic slave trade were legal, while a free state was one in which they were prohibited. Between 1812 and 1850, it was considered by the slave states to be politically imperative that the number of free states not exceed the number of slave states ...

  3. Land Ordinance of 1785 - Wikipedia

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    Jefferson proposed an article in the Ordinance that would have outlawed slavery in the new states after the year 1800. However he could not amass enough votes to pass the anti-slavery article. Later Jefferson did succeed, however, in ensuring public funding of education by dedicating land to education in the Land Ordinance of 1785.

  4. File:Map of New York highlighting Jefferson County.svg

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    English: This is a locator map showing Jefferson County in New York. For more information, ... The maps also use state outline data from statesp020.tar.gz.

  5. Jefferson County, New York - Wikipedia

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    Jefferson County is a county on the northern border of the U.S. state of New York.As of the 2020 census, the population was 116,721. [1] Its county seat is Watertown. [2] The county is named after Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America. [3]

  6. Hounsfield, New York - Wikipedia

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    Hounsfield is a town in Jefferson County, New York, United States. The population was 3,466 at the 2010 census. [3] The name of the town is from Ezra Hounsfield, [4] a land agent and land owner. He once owned the Southern part of the township. [5] The town was named by Augustus Sacket. [6]

  7. Milton Township, Jefferson County, Indiana - Wikipedia

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    The township was created by the Jefferson County Court of Common Pleas on May 12, 1818, from Madison Township and Pittsburgh Township. At the time, it also included the southern tier of modern Shelby Township running from an east–west line between sections 33 and 33 Twp. 4N Range 11E to the Switzerland county border.