Banning the Trade, Not the Practice

This week I am discussing Congress' decision to eliminate the international slave trade in 1808. While a key first step in the abolition of chattel slavery, the federal law did little to blunt the spread of slavery throughout the country.

Protected by federal law, the domestic slave trade flourished, leading to the forced migration of millions of human beings.

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