Legal Rights
Prior to 1807, the 1787 U.S. Constitution and the 1793 Fugitive Slave Law were the lone laws on slavery that applied nationally. Other laws on slavery applied only to the State which had enacted them. The multi-faceted 1807 Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves which abolished the importation of slaves from Africa led to the creation of the blockade of Africa. The Act also regulated the coastwise slave trade, hence, it imparted legal rights to those slave traders who utilized the coastwise shipping of slaves in their business.
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