Nathan Dane was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress from 1785 through 1788. Dane helped formulate the Northwest Ordinance while in Congress, and introduced an amendment to the ordinance prohibiting slavery in the Northwest Territory.
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During his career, he served in both the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Massachusetts Senate.
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Nathan Dane (December 29, 1752 - February 15, 1835) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress from 1785 through 1788.
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On account of the Abridgement and his generosity to the law school at Harvard, together with his co-authorship of the Northwest Ordinance, Dane has been called the "Father of American Jurisprudence." The Abridgment was often cited in later years; for example, when abolitionist Wendell Phillips argued against abolitionist Lysander Spooner's notion that judges have an obligation to disregard any law that the judges deem wrong, Philips cited the following legal maxim in which Dane assigned that obligation to legislators instead of judges:
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Wikidata Q6969017, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1752
Wikidata Q6969017, P569 date of birth claim (full date)
P569 (date of birth): 1752-12-29
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P570 (date of death): 1835
Wikidata Q6969017, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 1835-02-15
Wikidata Q6969017, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Ipswich
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P20 (place of death): Beverly
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