SOUTHWEST TERRITORY
\sa͡ʊθwˈɛst tˈɛɹɪtəɹˌi], \saʊθwˈɛst tˈɛɹɪtəɹˌi], \s_aʊ_θ_w_ˈɛ_s_t t_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_t_ə_ɹ_ˌi]\
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A territory of the United States, comprising all the region ceded by North Carolina (now Tennessee) and the narrow strip ceded by South Carolina. This was organized in 1790 as the Southwest Territory, with institutions resembling those of the Northwestern, except for the admission of slavery. With the admission of Tennessee in 1796 and the organization of the Mississippi Territory in 1798, this Territory went out of existence.
By John Franklin Jameson
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Snake's-head
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