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The current state of Michigan was part of the Northwest Territory in 1787, when the Northwest Ordinance made slavery illegal [11] with the clause "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist in the territory". [8] Even so, there were still enslaved people living in Michigan until 1837. [11]
The 1793 act dealt with enslaved people who escaped to free states without their enslavers' consent. The Supreme Court of the United States ruled, in Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842), that states did not have to offer aid in the hunting or recapture of enslaved people, significantly weakening the law of 1793.
More than 150 years after slaves were freed in the U.S., voters in five states will soon decide whether to close loopholes that led to the proliferation of a different form of slavery — forced ...
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The 1835 Constitution on display at the Michigan Historical Center on Statehood Day in 2013. On January 26, 1835, Acting Territorial Treaty and Military Officer/ Marshal of the Union Assigned to the Territory of the 1662-1776 State of the Union Stevens T. Mason issued an enabling act authorizing the people of Michigan to form a constitution and state government.
In 2022, 244 occupants killed in Michigan traffic crashes, including 21 fatal crashes that occurred over Memorial Day weekend alone, were not wearing a seatbelt, according to the University of ...
Traffic court is a specialized judicial process for handling traffic ticket cases. In the United States , people who are given a citation by a police officer can plead guilty and pay the indicated fine directly to the court house, by mail , or on the Internet .
People in Michigan who are registering to vote or requesting a ballot have to sign an affidavit affirming that they are a citizen. Lying on those forms is a felony — one of two charges that the ...