Article I Section 9 Clause 1 of the United States Constitution

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constitutional clause provision of the United States Constitution

Article I, Section 9, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that allowed Congress to prohibit the importation of enslaved people after 1808, thereby providing the constitutional foundation for later federal bans on the transatlantic slave trade.

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Label	Occurrences
Article I Section 9 Clause 1 of the United States Constitution canonical	1
Article I, Section 9, Clause 1	1
Article I, Section 9, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1458755 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Article I Section 9 Clause 1 of the United States Constitution
Context triple: [United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807, constitutionalBasis, Article I Section 9 Clause 1 of the United States Constitution]

A. Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that establishes the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court, and guarantees life tenure and salary protection for federal judges.
B. Article I, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution
Article I, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution is the provision that vests all federal legislative powers in Congress, establishing the foundational principle of separation of powers and the nondelegation doctrine.
C. Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that requires each state to recognize and honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.
D. Article I, Section 4 of the United States Constitution
Article I, Section 4 of the United States Constitution is the Elections Clause, which allocates authority over the times, places, and manner of holding federal elections primarily to state legislatures, subject to alteration by Congress.
E. Article I of the United States Constitution
Article I of the United States Constitution establishes the legislative branch of the federal government, defining the structure, powers, and procedures of Congress.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Article I Section 9 Clause 1 of the United States Constitution
Target entity description: Article I, Section 9, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that allowed Congress to prohibit the importation of enslaved people after 1808, thereby providing the constitutional foundation for later federal bans on the transatlantic slave trade.

A. Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Article III, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that establishes the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court, and guarantees life tenure and salary protection for federal judges.
B. Article I, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution
Article I, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution is the provision that vests all federal legislative powers in Congress, establishing the foundational principle of separation of powers and the nondelegation doctrine.
C. Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution
Article IV, Section 1 of the United States Constitution is the provision that requires each state to recognize and honor the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.
D. Article I, Section 4 of the United States Constitution
Article I, Section 4 of the United States Constitution is the Elections Clause, which allocates authority over the times, places, and manner of holding federal elections primarily to state legislatures, subject to alteration by Congress.
E. Article I of the United States Constitution
Article I of the United States Constitution establishes the legislative branch of the federal government, defining the structure, powers, and procedures of Congress.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional clause ⓘ provision of the United States Constitution ⓘ
affects	states then existing at the time of ratification ⓘ
allows	congressional prohibition of the importation of enslaved people after 1808 ⓘ
appliesTo	Congress of the United States ⓘ linked to: United States Congress
category	slavery-related provision in the United States Constitution ⓘ
compromiseBetween	delegates from slaveholding states and non-slaveholding states ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	unamendable until 1808 ⓘ
constitutionalTopic	federalism and slavery ⓘ
constrains	federal legislative power over the slave trade before 1808 ⓘ
draftedAt	Philadelphia Convention ⓘ
enables	federal legislative power over the slave trade after 1808 ⓘ
euphemisticReferenceTo	enslaved people ⓘ
foundationFor	Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807 ⓘ linked to: United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807 federal bans on the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
geographicScope	importation into the United States ⓘ
historicalContext	Constitutional Convention of 1787 ⓘ linked to: Constitutional Convention
implementedBy	Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807 effective January 1, 1808 ⓘ linked to: United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807
influenced	federal policy on the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
inForceFrom	1789 ⓘ
interpretedAs	temporary protection for the international slave trade ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
languageStyle	uses indirect language to refer to enslaved people ⓘ
legalEffect	allowed Congress to prohibit the importation of enslaved people after 1808 ⓘ barred constitutional amendment to alter the clause before 1808 ⓘ limited congressional power to prohibit the importation of enslaved people before 1808 ⓘ
negotiatedBy	delegates from South Carolina and Georgia ⓘ delegates from northern states ⓘ
originalText	"The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person." ⓘ
partOf	Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ Section 9 of Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
permits	imposition of a tax or duty on imported enslaved people ⓘ
prohibits	congressional prohibition of the importation of enslaved people before 1808 ⓘ
protects	continuation of the transatlantic slave trade until 1808 ⓘ
purpose	to postpone federal abolition of the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ to secure southern support for ratification of the Constitution ⓘ
relatedTo	Article V of the United States Constitution ⓘ Fugitive Slave Clause ⓘ Three-Fifths Compromise ⓘ
sourceOfAuthorityFor	federal prohibition of the transatlantic slave trade after 1808 ⓘ
subject	importation of enslaved people ⓘ migration or importation of persons ⓘ slave trade ⓘ
taxLimit	tax or duty not exceeding ten dollars for each person ⓘ
temporalLimit	year one thousand eight hundred and eight (1808) ⓘ
timeRestriction	after 1808 Congress could prohibit the importation of enslaved people ⓘ before 1808 Congress could not prohibit the importation of enslaved people ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807 → constitutionalBasis → Article I Section 9 Clause 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Slave Trade Clause → locatedInDocument → Article I, Section 9, Clause 1 ⓘ

linked to: Article I Section 9 Clause 1 of the United States Constitution

Importation of Persons Clause → hasPart → Article I, Section 9, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ