With regard to slavery, the northwest ordinance of 1787: a. gave slaveholders the right to recover slaves who escaped into the area north of the ohio river. b. banned slavery in the area north of the ohio river and east of the mississippi river. c. allowed for new territorial governments to ban or permit the institution as they saw fit. d. allowed the importation of slaves into the old northwest for at least another twenty years. e. made no difference, because the u. s. supreme court declared it unconstitutional the following year.

B. Established the policy to admit the area's population as equal members of the political system.

Explanation:

The Northwest Ordinance was  which declared that the land north of Ohio River and Eat of Mississippi River will be a part of the United States. It motivated the people to move to the west and the policies for governing the territories and also included the laws to protect the freedom of religion, public education and Indian land rights and admission of new states in its territory. The territory included was the states of Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Minnesota.