How Did Thomas Jefferson Ban The Importation Of Slaves
Speaking of imports, let's talk about Thomas Jefferson’s Act to Ban Imports of Slave and how it benefited the U.S. In the timespan Thomas Jefferson was president he banned slave importation trades pushing slave trades underground and reducing slave trades by a small margin, after the ban of slave imports in the U.S. it increased in many other countries. Although Jefferson had enslaved 600 people he fought to put it to an end but doing this could have a huge impact on crops and the economy in the U.S. Jefferson asked for a ban on the slave trade but not slavery “Jefferson's behest, Congress passes a law prohibiting the importation of slaves into any place within the jurisdiction of the United States after January 1, 1808.”With the end of slave