United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807

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United States federal statute abolition of the slave trade law

The United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807 was a federal law that banned the transatlantic importation of enslaved people into the United States, marking a major legal step against the Atlantic slave trade.

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Label Occurrences
Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807 2
1807 Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1
Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
abolition of the slave trade law ⓘ
aimedTo end legal participation of the United States in the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
appliesTo United States ports ⓘ
United States vessels ⓘ
foreign vessels bringing enslaved people into the United States ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I Section 9 Clause 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateSigned 1807-03-02 ⓘ
doesNotAbolish domestic slave trade within the United States ⓘ
slavery within the existing states ⓘ
effectiveDate 1808-01-01 ⓘ
enactedBy United States Congress ⓘ
enforcementBy U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
surface form: United States customs officials

United States Navy ⓘ
surface form: United States naval forces
followedBy later federal statutes strengthening enforcement against illegal slave trading ⓘ
form statute ⓘ
governs importation of persons for slavery into the United States by sea or land ⓘ
historicalSignificance implemented the United States constitutional provision allowing Congress to ban the importation of slaves after 1808 ⓘ
marked a major legal step by the United States against the Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
jurisdiction federal jurisdiction of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalDomain United States federal law ⓘ
United States slavery law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
maritime law ⓘ
penaltyIncludes fines for persons knowingly participating in illegal importation of enslaved people ⓘ
forfeiture of enslaved persons imported contrary to the act ⓘ
forfeiture of ships involved in illegal slave importation ⓘ
possible imprisonment for violations ⓘ
precededBy earlier federal regulations on the slave trade ⓘ
prohibits bringing into the United States any person to be held to service or labor as a slave from any foreign place ⓘ
importation of enslaved persons into the United States from abroad ⓘ
relatedTo Slave Trade Act 1807 ⓘ
surface form: British Slave Trade Act 1807

United States Constitution ⓘ
United States laws against piracy and slave trading ⓘ
abolitionist movement in the United States ⓘ
shortName United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1807 Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves

United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves
signedBy Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
signingOfficeholderRole President of the United States ⓘ
subjectOf ban on transatlantic importation of enslaved people into the United States ⓘ
timePeriod early 19th century ⓘ
tookEffectOn first day of January 1808 ⓘ
topic Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
abolitionism in the United States ⓘ
slave trade prohibition ⓘ
transatlantic slave trade ⓘ

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Atlantic slave trade → legalAbolition → United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807 ⓘ
United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807 → shortName → United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves
United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807 → shortName → United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1807 Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves
Presidency of Thomas Jefferson → legislativeAchievement → United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807
Article I Section 9 Clause 1 of the United States Constitution → foundationFor → United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807
Article I Section 9 Clause 1 of the United States Constitution → implementedBy → United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807 effective January 1, 1808
Slave Trade Clause → influenced → United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807