Migration or Importation Clause
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The Migration or Importation Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that temporarily restricted Congress from prohibiting the transatlantic slave trade before 1808.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Migration or Importation Clause canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7475929 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Migration or Importation Clause Context triple: [Slave Trade Clause, isAlsoKnownAs, Migration or Importation Clause]
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A.
Admissions Clause
The Admissions Clause is the provision of the U.S. Constitution that empowers Congress to admit new states into the Union and regulate their terms of entry.
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B.
Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution
The Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution is a provision in Article IV that grants Congress broad authority to govern and regulate U.S. territories and their property.
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C.
Naturalization and Bankruptcy Clause
The Naturalization and Bankruptcy Clause is a provision of the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress the power to establish uniform rules for becoming a citizen and for handling bankruptcies throughout the United States.
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D.
Privileges and Immunities Clause
The Privileges and Immunities Clause is a constitutional provision that prevents states from discriminating against citizens of other states in fundamental rights such as access to courts, property, and employment.
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E.
Supremacy Clause
The Supremacy Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that establishes federal law and the Constitution as the highest law of the land, overriding conflicting state laws.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Migration or Importation Clause Target entity description: The Migration or Importation Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that temporarily restricted Congress from prohibiting the transatlantic slave trade before 1808.
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A.
Admissions Clause
The Admissions Clause is the provision of the U.S. Constitution that empowers Congress to admit new states into the Union and regulate their terms of entry.
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B.
Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution
The Territorial Clause of the United States Constitution is a provision in Article IV that grants Congress broad authority to govern and regulate U.S. territories and their property.
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C.
Naturalization and Bankruptcy Clause
The Naturalization and Bankruptcy Clause is a provision of the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress the power to establish uniform rules for becoming a citizen and for handling bankruptcies throughout the United States.
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D.
Privileges and Immunities Clause
The Privileges and Immunities Clause is a constitutional provision that prevents states from discriminating against citizens of other states in fundamental rights such as access to courts, property, and employment.
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E.
Supremacy Clause
The Supremacy Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that establishes federal law and the Constitution as the highest law of the land, overriding conflicting state laws.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constitutional clause
ⓘ
provision of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| addressedTo | "States now existing" at the time of ratification ⓘ |
| adoptedIn | 1787 ⓘ |
| allowedCongressTo | impose a tax or duty on the importation of persons ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Article I, Section 9, Clause 1
ⓘ
Slave Trade Clause ⓘ |
| appliesTo | United States Congress ⓘ |
| cameIntoForceOn | 1789-03-04 ⓘ |
| category |
Original constitutional compromise over slavery
ⓘ
Slavery-related provision in the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| citationForm | U.S. Const. art. I, § 9, cl. 1 ⓘ |
| compromiseBetween | Northern states and Southern states at the Constitutional Convention ⓘ |
| connectedTo | federalism and division of powers over slavery ⓘ |
| constitutionalCategory | limitation on federal legislative power ⓘ |
| constitutionalStatus | remains textually in the Constitution but is obsolete in effect ⓘ |
| debatedBy |
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
ⓘ
James Madison ⓘ other framers at the Constitutional Convention ⓘ |
| doesNotApplyTo | states admitted to the Union after the Constitution was ratified ⓘ |
| draftedDuring | Philadelphia Convention ⓘ |
| foundIn | Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution ⓘ |
| geographicScope | importation of persons into the United States ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Constitutional Convention of 1787
ⓘ
linked to:
Constitutional Convention
|
| historicallyAssociatedWith |
domestic politics of slavery in the early republic
ⓘ
transatlantic slave trade to the United States ⓘ |
| influenced | Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807 ⓘ |
| interpretedAs | a protection for the transatlantic slave trade until 1808 ⓘ |
| languageRefersTo | "such Persons" as a euphemism for enslaved Africans ⓘ |
| legalEffect | limited Congress’s authority over the slave trade for twenty years ⓘ |
| moralCriticism | viewed as a constitutional accommodation of slavery ⓘ |
| negotiatedBy |
delegates from South Carolina and Georgia
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delegates from non-slaveholding states ⓘ delegates from other slaveholding states ⓘ |
| permittedAfterDate | federal prohibition of the slave trade after 1808 ⓘ |
| primaryEffect | prevented an immediate federal ban on the slave trade ⓘ |
| purpose | to secure Southern support for the Constitution by protecting the slave trade temporarily ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Commerce Clause
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Fugitive Slave Clause ⓘ Three-Fifths Compromise ⓘ |
| restrictedPowerOf | Congress to prohibit the migration or importation of persons before 1808 ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
federal power over slavery
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importation of enslaved persons ⓘ transatlantic slave trade ⓘ |
| subsequentlyAffectedBy |
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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linked to:
Thirteenth Amendment
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| taxLimit | not exceeding ten dollars for each person ⓘ |
| temporalLimitationUntil | 1808-01-01 ⓘ |
| textBeginsWith | "The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit" ⓘ |
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Subject: Migration or Importation Clause Description of subject: The Migration or Importation Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that temporarily restricted Congress from prohibiting the transatlantic slave trade before 1808.
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