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The Slave Trade Act of 1794 was a law passed by the United States Congress that prohibited the building or outfitting of ships in U.S. ports for the international slave trade. It was signed into law by President George Washington on March 22, 1794.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That no citizen or citizens of the United States, or foreigner, or any other persons coming into, or residing within the same, shall, for himself or any other person whatsoever, either as master, factor or owner, build, fit
Washington also signed into law the Slave Trade Act of 1794 that banned the involvement of American ships and American exporters in the international slave trade. [235] Moreover, according to Washington biographer James Thomas Flexner , Washington as President weakened slavery by favoring Hamilton's economic plans over Jefferson's ...
Washington signs the Slave Trade Act into law, prohibiting American ships from engaging in the slave trade. Foreign ships continue to bring enslaved people to the United States, but cannot export them.
The Slave Trade Act of 1794 was a law passed by the United States Congress that prohibited the building or outfitting of ships in U.S. ports for the international slave trade. It was signed into law by President George Washington on March 22, 1794.
Washington signed just two pieces of slavery related legislation: the 1793 Fugitive Slave Law, which guaranteed the right of slaveholders to recover escaped slaves across state lines, and the 1794 Slave Trade Act, which restricted U.S. participation in the trafficking of human cargo.
Nov 21, 2016 · However, a year later, he approved the Slave Trade Act of 1794, an early step toward ending the international slave trade. Both of these documents are in the holdings of the National Archives. George Washington’s annotated copy of a draft of the U.S. Constitution, 1787.
