The Constitutional Convention left the slave trade untaxed and untouched. Delegates from the southern States were naturally wary about the prospect of Congress being able to regulate America's interstate and foreign trade. They were afraid that the North would use its influence in Congress to levy taxes on the slave trade and the cotton trade. The delegates from the South pushed for, and won, a compromise on the matter: the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise. This agreement made it so Congress could regulate interstate and foreign trade, but could not tax exports. This meant that cotton exports from the South would not be affected. In addition, Congress was forbidden from regulating the slave trade for 20 years.
called for the ending of the slave trade in 1808.
slave trade
none of them were "allies." But overall, it was big verses small states for slave trade and representation issues.
this is off my book so... northerners agreed that congress could not outlaw the slave trade for at least 20 years. after that, congress could regulate the slave trade if it wished. northerners also agreed that no state could stop a fugitive slave from being returned to and owner who claimed that slave.
The Constitutional Convention said that congress could not ban slave trade until 1808.
Slave Trade
Slave trade became an important issue during the Constitutional Convention. Southern slaveholders did not want the Congress to take the power over slave trade while controlling foreign affairs. So they only let the Congress have power over trade, excluding slave trade, for next twenty years.
Slave trade became an important issue during the Constitutional Convention. Southern slaveholders did not want the Congress to take the power over slave trade while controlling foreign affairs. So they only let the Congress have power over trade, excluding slave trade, for next twenty years.
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All of them.
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great compromise.3/5 compromise and slave trade compromise
The Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 officially banned the slave trade, but it didn't really come into effect until the Southern states ratified the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. Source: my history textbook
The fundamental issue that was raised at the constitutional convention was slave trade and human rights abuses. Those were the issues that were strife then.