Talk:Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves

Timeline
See Abolition of slavery timeline. This shows that many non-British attempts were made to abolish slavery much earlier. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.27.109.117 (talk) 09:24, 18 November 2013 (UTC)
 * the issue is not the abolition of slavery but the abolition of the international slave TRADE, & Britain was the leader there. Rjensen (talk) 09:31, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

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Nathaniel Gordon date wrong
This article says

"Nathaniel Gordon, who was hanged in 1808, was the only person to be executed for slave-trading in the United States.[14]"

Not only does this article say that slave trading was only made a capital crime in 1820 but the article on Gordon says he was hanged in 1862. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.119.204.117 (talk) 13:48, 16 April 2017 (UTC)

Unclear sentence
The article says in the second paragraph:

"This legislation was promoted by President Thomas Jefferson, who called for its enactment in his 1806 State of the Union Address. He had promoted the idea since the 1770s. It reflected the force of the general trend toward abolishing the international slave trade, which Virginia followed by all the other states had prohibited or restricted since then."

The third sentence here is formulated in an unclear manner -- "...which Virginia followed by...". Perhaps it is just lacking commas (which I have inserted in brackets):

"This legislation was promoted by President Thomas Jefferson, who called for its enactment in his 1806 State of the Union Address. He had promoted the idea since the 1770s. It reflected the force of the general trend toward abolishing the international slave trade, which Virginia[,] followed by all the other states[,] had prohibited or restricted since then."

Deardavid7 (talk) 01:17, 11 May 2018 (UTC) deardavid7

Not an amendment
I eliminated a reference to an "amendment" passing in 1807. I looked through a lot of the House journal for that session, and what I saw was just the act itself - in 1807 a constitutional amendment would not have been necessary, since the Constitution's prohibition on banning the importation of slaves was about to expire on January 1, 1808. And, for what it's worth, the Senate appears to have passed the bill first and sent it down to the House (although Varnum may have had his part in pushing the Senate into action). The House then amended it, and the Senate re-approved it on March 2, at the end of the session.Brianyoumans (talk) 02:25, 20 February 2021 (UTC)