Today in History - March 2, 1807 - U.S, Congress Abolishes African Slave Trade

U.S. Congress Abolishes the African Slave Trade - March 2, 1807

       Today in History, the U.S. Congress passed an act to abolish slavery in the U.S.  Slaves were no longer allowed to be imported into any part of the United States, from any country in the world.
     Slavery began in America in August of 1619, with the first shipload of African slaves brought to Jamestown, Virginia. But for most of the 17th Century, indentured slaves were more in number than those brought in as slaves, at least in the Northern British colonies.
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