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Old Northwest: see Northwest Territory Northwest Territory, first possession of the United States, comprising the region known as the Old Northwest, S and W of the Great Lakes, NW of the Ohio River, and E of the Mississippi River, including the present states of Ohio, Ind., Ill., Mich., Wis. ..... Click the link for more information. . Old Northwest (in the early US) the land between the Great Lakes, the Mississippi, and the Ohio River. Awarded to the US in 1783, it was organized into the Northwest Territory in 1787 and now forms the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and part of Minnesota |
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By 1850, Cincinnati had the largest African American population (3,237) in the entire Old Northwest. Two-Seedism spread throughout the South, particularly in Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, and Texas, and also in the Old Northwest. Native-born migration streams flowed to their West - then primarily the Old Northwest - along lines of latitude until roughly 1870. |
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