Massachusetts attorney and delegate to the Continental Congress who helped draft the Northwest Ordinance of 1787; he inserted the clause that prohibited slavery from being introduced into the Northwest.

The Wisconsin Historical Society has manuscripts related to this topic. See the catalog description of the Nathan Dane Letter for details.

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[Source: Dictionary of American Biography]