Slave Trade Compromise

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:treaty
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Commerce_and_Slave_Trade_Compromise
gptkbp:date 1787
gptkbp:effect allowed continued importation of enslaved Africans until 1808
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Slave Trade Compromise
gptkbp:influencedBy economic interests of Southern states
moral opposition to slavery in Northern states
gptkbp:involvedIn gptkb:Southern_states
Northern states
gptkbp:location gptkb:Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:mainProvision Congress could not ban the slave trade before 1808
No export taxes on goods from any state
Congress could regulate commerce
gptkbp:negotiatedBy delegates to the Constitutional Convention
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Constitutional_Convention
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Three-Fifths_Compromise
gptkbp:purpose to resolve disputes between Northern and Southern states over slavery and commerce
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkb:Fugitive_Slave_Clause
gptkbp:resultedIn gptkb:Article_I,_Section_9,_Clause_1_of_the_U.S._Constitution
gptkbp:significance delayed federal action against the transatlantic slave trade
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Constitutional_Convention_held_in_Philadelphia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6