Question

The foreign slave trade was outlawed in the united states in _______ under president____________________.

a. 1800, thomas jefferson
b. 1808, thomas jefferson
c. 1808, james madison
d. 1860, abraham lincoln
e. 1863, abraham lincoln

Answer 1

The answer is letter B. The Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807 is a US federal act that specified that no new slaves were allowable to be smuggled into the United States. It took influence in 1808, the initial date permitted by the United States Constitution. This law was endorsed by President Thomas Jefferson, who named for its enactment in his 1806 State of the Union Address.