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How did the constitution deal with the slave trade?
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.
Did the delegates at the constitutional convention end the slave trade effective immediately following the ratification of the constitution?
No
Slave trade clause?
it was part of the constitution that stated that the slave trade was no longer a legal practice. In other words, it outlawed the slave trade, but didn't outlaw slavery as a whole. As a result, people started to import tons of slaves before the clause came into affect.
What state in America did not outlaw the slave trade at first?
Missouri
Did our original constitution outlaw slavery?
No, the original U.S. Constitution did not outlaw slavery. In fact, it included provisions that protected the institution of slavery, such as the Three-Fifths Compromise, which counted enslaved individuals as three-fifths of a person for representation purposes, and the Fugitive Slave Clause, which required escaped slaves to be returned to their owners. Slavery was not abolished in the United States until the 13th Amendment was ratified in 1865.
Did the constitution outlawed slavery?
The Constitution when it was originally ratified did not outlaw Slavery. In 1863 the Emancipation Proclamation decreed that all slaves in rebel territory (confederate states) were free on January 1, 1863. The official removal of slavery though came from the 13th Amendment to the Constitution in 1865.
Was the constitution a slave document?
No
Why did the delegates agree to allow the international slave trade continue for another 20 years?
bc the southern states' economies needed the slave trade, and many southern delegates said they'd leave the Union if the constitution immediately ended the trade. =D
Who couldn't touch the slave trade until 1808?
The United States government could not prohibit the slave trade until 1808 due to the terms set in the U.S. Constitution. Specifically, Article I, Section 9 allowed the importation of enslaved people to continue for 20 years after the Constitution's ratification. This meant that Congress could not outlaw the Atlantic slave trade until January 1, 1808. After that date, the importation of slaves was officially banned, although illegal trafficking continued for years.
Why did the delegates agree to allow the international slave trade to continue for another 20 years?
bc the southern states' economies needed the slave trade, and many southern delegates said they'd leave the Union if the constitution immediately ended the trade. =D
What compromise stoped the slave trade in 1808?
The 1808 Slave Trade Compromise in the Constitution.
Can you Become A Slave?
No. The United States Constitution does not allow you to become a slave, or for anyone else to own you.
