"If a document 'exists' on some server somewhere but no schools teach it, does it really exist?"
As a matter of physics, nobody needs to hear the tree for it to make a sound, and as a matter of binary nobody needs to view the document to prove that it exists. But at the end of the day the book burning progressives have successfully achieved their purpose.
Sometimes the best place to hide something is to simply hide it in plain sight.
I’ve never heard of it... Thanks for posting. And I consider myself an ok decent history guy... I feel ashamed... :(
So why was it still allowed?
Was the slave trade actually suspended? For how long?
The Articles of Confederation (1777) appear to make no mention of it.
The Constitution of the United States (1789) allowed import of slaves until 1808, whereupon Congress illegalized it. I understand the practice continued.
I did not know that. Thanks for posting. I have been reading a very old book on anti-slavery/pro-slavery conflicts during the early statehood years of Illinois. The moral qualms about slavery and efforts to wind it down during the founding generation of our country need to be more well-known. A good understanding of history during that time would help people realize that there was no magic wand to make slavery go away, and would go a long way toward laying to rest the falsehood that “America was founded on racism.”
Fun fact, contrary to the Leftist narrative about America.
The Continental Association, often known simply as the “Association”, was a system created by the First Continental Congress in 1774 for implementing a trade boycott with Great Britain. Congress hoped that, by imposing economic sanctions, they would pressure Britain into addressing the grievances of the colonies, in particular repealing the Intolerable Acts passed by Parliament. But as you can see, it was voted in two years before the war with the Brittish started.
The trade boycott began on December 1, 1774. The Association was fairly successful while it lasted. Trade with Britain fell sharply, and the British responded with the New England Restraining Act of 1775. The outbreak of the American Revolutionary War effectively superseded the need to boycott British goods. So the system fell by the wayside.
rwood
Don’t forget the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 passed by the Confederation Congress, that forbade slavery in the Northwest Territory. The Founders banned slavery wherever they could politically get away with. It needs to be remembered.
This post is a little misleading.
The Articles of Association created an embargo of ALL goods from Britain, Ireland, and the West Indies.
It’s encouraging that the document appears to permanently ban the Slave Trade.
It would be interesting to read the documents that restored the Slave Trade.
I do not recall that the Slave Trade was discussed in any of the Founding Documents after 1774.
In any event, Congress voted to end the Slave Trade in 1808.