The Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807

On the 2nd of March, 1807, the U.S. Congress passed an act that would send shockwaves throughout the country for decades to come. When the Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves was passed and made into law in January 1, 1808, it effectively ended the legality of all international slave trade in any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States. - Read more of this at http://sixdaystillsunday.com/the-act-prohibiting-importation-of-sla...