Greater List of Laws and Court Rulings
The most important United States laws: statutory laws and case laws on slavery, were these, in the order of their enactment:
- 1787: The U.S. Constitution
- 1793: The Fugitive Slave Law
- 1807: The Congressional Act banning the importation of slaves
- 1850: The Fugitive Slave Law
- 1857: The Dred Scott ruling, US Supreme Court
- 1865: The 13th Constitutional Amendment
Often, other subsequent national laws on slavery cited either the U.S. Constitution or the 1807 Act of Congress.
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