Slavery in 1808 US

Answer 1

Slavery is a social-economic system under which certain persons - known as slaves - are deprived of personal freedom and compelled to work.

Most of us likely assume that slavery is a thing of the past-a horrific institution that died along with the soldiers of the Civil War whose sacrifice helped bring about the Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment. But the startling truth is that there are more slaves in the world today than ever before-various estimates place the global number around 27 million, with as many as 50,000 working within U.S. borders alone. As part of its Legacy of 1808 series, the National Constitution Center presents a frank conversation about the existence of modern-day slavery with special guests Theodore Shaw, former Director-Counsel and President of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Visiting Scholar at the Constitution Center, and journalist E. Benjamin Skinner, author of the new book, A Crime So Monstrous: Face-to-Face with Modern-Day Slavery.

Considering we spend a good deal of time focusing on legislation that protects consumers and/or (usually or) businesses, we thought it appropriate to point out one of the big historical moments of trade law, not to mention human rights-tomorrow marks the "200th anniversary of Jan. 1, 1808, when the importation of slaves into the United States was prohibited." Hey, it didn't stop the madness, but at least it was a start.

1808 Congress bans the importation of slaves from Africa.