U.S. Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:appliesTo	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:category	Slavery legislation in the United States 1807 in American law
gptkbp:citation	2 Stat. 426
gptkbp:dateEnacted	March 2, 1807
gptkbp:enactedBy	gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	first federal law to prohibit importation of slaves
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	U.S. Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Article_I,_Section_9_of_the_U.S._Constitution
gptkbp:penalty	imprisonment fines forfeiture of ship and cargo
gptkbp:precededBy	1806 Slave Trade Act (UK)
gptkbp:prohibits	importation of slaves into the United States
gptkbp:publicLawNumber	9th Congress, ch. 22
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Transatlantic_slave_trade gptkb:Abolitionism_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:repealedBy	Act of 1819 (to some extent)
gptkbp:signedBy	gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkbp:startDate	January 1, 1808
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Atlantic_Triangular_Trade
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8