Post-1808 importation of slaves to the United States
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Post-1808 importation of slaves to the United States
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The importation of slaves from overseas to the United States was prohibited in 1808, but criminal trafficking of enslaved people on a smaller scale likely continued for many years. The most intensive periods of piracy were in the 1810s, before the U.S. Congress passed laws with massive fines and penalties including execution for illegal importers, and in the 1850s, when pro-slavery activists decided that the solution to rapid inflation in slave prices was simply to flood the market with humans a
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-1808_importation_of_slaves_to_the_United_States
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2023-12-26T06:05:37Z
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2024-09-01T01:07:19Z
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