The Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Thomas Jefferson in March of 1807 and took effect January 1, 1808.
A further act was passed in 1820 which classified the attempt to collect and transport people for the purposes of importing them into slavery an act of piracy, punishable by death.
The US constitution specified that Congress was free to outlaw the slave trade after 20 years. Congress did so the first date it was allowed.The Constitution prohibited Congress from outlawing the Atlantic slave trade for twenty years.
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this is off my book so... northerners agreed that congress could not outlaw the slave trade for at least 20 years. after that, congress could regulate the slave trade if it wished. northerners also agreed that no state could stop a fugitive slave from being returned to and owner who claimed that slave.
Slave families were split up
Slave families were split up
Slave families were split up
the southerners were worried of this ecause they depended on many exported goods such as: tobaccorice and other products.They also worried that congress might stop slave traders from bringing enslaved people to the U.S.
Slave families were spilt up
Slave families were split up
Slave families were split up and sold as part of the domestic slave trade.