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Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves takes effect

The federal law banning the international importation of enslaved people, passed by Congress in 1807, went into effect on January 1, 1808.

Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves takes effect

It marked the constitutional deadline for Congress to outlaw the international slave trade and reshaped U.S. policy on slavery by closing legal avenues for importation, even as illegal smuggling continued.

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