Avalon Project - Statutes of the United States Concerning Slavery

Statutes of the United States Concerning Slavery

1794 - An Act to Prohibit the Carrying on the Slave Trade from the United States to any Foreign Place or Country : March 22

1800 - An Act in Addition to the Act Intituled "An Act to Prohibit the Carrying on the Slave Trade from the United States to any Foreign Place or Country." : May 10

1803 - An Act to Prevent the Importation of Certain Persons into Certain States, Where, by the Laws Thereof, Their Admission is Prohibited : February 28

1807 - An Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves into any Port or Place Within the Jurisdiction of the United States, From and After the First Day of January, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eight : March 2

1850 - Fugitive Slave Act; 1850

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