Posted on 08/05/2019 7:14:31 PM PDT by ProgressingAmerica
Article 1, Section 9 of the ratified Constitution.
The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.
What I meant was - “Was slave importation suspended in December 1774 in accordance with the Continental Association?”
If so, it was reestablished at some point before 1789. Otherwise the clause in the Constitution would have read differently at the very least.
Perhaps the clause in the Continental Association did not take effect at all if the King asserted sovereignty over the colonies.
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