Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves
GPTKB entity
Statements (19)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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| gptkbp:citation |
2 Stat. 426
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| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
March 2, 1807
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:United_States_Congress
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| gptkbp:penalty |
imprisonment
fine forfeiture of ship and cargo |
| gptkbp:purpose |
to prohibit the importation of slaves into the United States
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Transatlantic_slave_trade
gptkb:Abolitionism_in_the_United_States |
| gptkbp:repealedBy |
gptkb:Act_of_1819
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| gptkbp:signedBy |
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
|
| gptkbp:startDate |
January 1, 1808
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| gptkbp:subject |
gptkb:Slavery_in_the_United_States
Slave trade |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Abolition_of_the_slave_trade
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves
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