PPPSSS HELLLPPP BRAINLIEST How did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 affect slavery? It stopped slavery from spreading to that area.
It prohibited teaching enslaved people how to read.
It abolished slavery throughout the nation.
It allowed enslaved people to settle in the West.

the punishment for breaking the law would depend on the conditions or the seriousness of the law being broken, if he or she breaks the law while doing some great discovery or invention then it would classify as a scientific fraud. there are other words to describe the crime but scientific fraud would be the harshest one.

the main reason that the constitution did not proclaim all men to be free and equal is because of the issue of slavery.