allies led the pro-slavery/less democratic group. Supporters of Indiana statehood (the pro-Jennings faction) favored democracy, election of state officials, and voting representation in Congress. Harrison's allies supported slavery within the territory and maintaining Indiana's territorial status with a federally appointed governor. The anti-slavery faction preparing for statehood hoped to institute a constitutional ban on slavery.

Constitutional Convention

On June 10, 1816, the first day of the convention, forty-two delegates

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