Harlow Giles Unger Quote

He supported Jefferson’s proposed Land Ordinance of 1784,22 ceding Virginia’s western territory to Congress for division into fourteen future states in which there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude. Congress defeated the Ordinance by one vote.

Harlow Giles Unger

He supported Jefferson’s proposed Land Ordinance of 1784,22 ceding Virginia’s western territory to Congress for division into fourteen future states in which there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude. Congress defeated the Ordinance by one vote.

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About Harlow Giles Unger

Harlow Giles Unger (; born August 3, 1931) is an American author and historian, as well as a journalist, broadcaster, and educator. He is the author of many books, including the three-volume Encyclopedia of American Education.