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An act to prohibit the carrying on the Slave-trade from the United States to any foreign place or country(1793 December 2)

  • MS 2009.3
  • 2 pp.

The first law passed by Congress limiting American involvement in the slave trade. This act prohibited Americans trading in slaves in foreign ports and prohibited the outfitting of foreign vessels in American ports for the purpose of slave trading.