Slaves were never “smuggled” into America from Africa. They were sold by Africans and brought to America.
This was after the importation of new slaves was banned...................
That is not true, near the end of the slave trade, the British outlawed slavery (making it smuggling), also slavers did just go ashore and kidnap African natives once the demand for slaves outpaced supply.
Do you not remember the stories about having all the slaves on a slave ship attached, by the neck, to the same chain so as to more easily throw them all overboard in case of the British Navy? The British said they could smell slave ships from a mile away, so wretched and inhumane was the treatment of the cargo (humans).
From the article:
It operated in secret, decades after Congress banned the importation of slaves
The smuggling of heroin, cocaine, and other lethal drugs into America, though they have been outlawed, is a similar evil.
In this case smuggle is the correct word.
Yeah. They were sold by Africans and brought to America. And after the ban in 1808 they were smuggled. It is estimated that about 50,000 slaves were illegally transported into the states after the ban-which means they were smuggled into the US. If it is your contention the number is ZERO-you are very much mistaken and you do not understand human nature at all. I invite you to the Texas border where the smuggling of people across the border is also illegal and happens every day.