WI: Slavery in the Western Territory Outlawed?

So, according to Wikipedia:
On March 1, 1784, in defiance of southern slave society, Jefferson submitted to the Continental Congress the Report of a Plan of Government for the Western Territory.[8] "The provision would have prohibited slavery in all new states carved out of the western territories ceded to the national government established under the Articles of Confederation." [7] Slavery would have been prohibited extensively in both the North and South territories, including what would become Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee.[8] His 1784 Ordinance would have prohibited slavery completely by 1800 in all territories. Congress, however, rejected Jefferson's original 1784 Ordinance prohibiting slavery by only one vote, due to an absent representative from New Jersey.[8]

What would happen if this ordinance were passed? Would it have a long-term impact?
 
A Texas scenario of White plantation owners agreeing to the terms only to expand slave economies once they see the rich bottomlands of the Mississippi and Louisiana.
 
A Texas scenario of White plantation owners agreeing to the terms only to expand slave economies once they see the rich bottomlands of the Mississippi and Louisiana.

I kind of thought the same thing. Would it put a dent in the slave coalition, do you think? Or would the slave coalition simply adapt and overcome?
 
He meant a scenario like Texas.
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I kind of thought the same thing. Would it put a dent in the slave coalition, do you think? Or would the slave coalition simply adapt and overcome?
No, I don't think a dent would be made. Plantation system would still expand, import of enslaved peoples would still occur at the same pace after a minor obstacle like the ordinance.
 
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