"There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid."
What was the impact of this article on the six new states created by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
A) Slavery was prohibited in the new states.
B) The Fugitive Slave Act was declared null and void in the new states.
C) Three of the territories did not achieve statehood because they allowed slavery.
D) The states were allowed to vote whether to apply for statehood as a free or slave state.