Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:treaty
gptkbp:date 1787
gptkbp:effect delayed federal action against the slave trade
helped secure ratification of the Constitution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise
gptkbp:location gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:negotiatedBy delegates to the Constitutional Convention
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Constitutional_Convention
gptkbp:provides Congress could not ban the slave trade before 1808
No export taxes on goods from any state
Congress could regulate interstate and foreign commerce
gptkbp:purpose to resolve disputes between Northern and Southern states
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkb:Three-Fifths_Compromise
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Constitutional_Convention_of_1787
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5