How the Northwest Ordinance Promoted a Just Society
“The great title deeds”
In an illuminating interview on the Northwest Ordinance, Hillsdale College President Larry P. Arnn explains one of America’s key founding documents. This is not a usual subject here. Indeed Churchill’s History of the English-Speaking Peoples doesn’t even mention it. Nonetheless— the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 qualifies as one of Churchill’s “great title-deeds of Anglo-American liberties.” I take the liberty of recommending this 37-minute audio to readers: Click here. . The interview didn’t answer all my questions but taught me things I didn’t know. I doubt that many American schoolchildren know them either.…
