United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807

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United States federal statute abolition of the slave trade law

The United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807 was a federal law that banned the transatlantic importation of enslaved people into the United States, marking a major legal step against the Atlantic slave trade.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807	2
1807 Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves	1
Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves	1
Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807	1
Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807 effective January 1, 1808	1
United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807 canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T238849 — 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: United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807
Context triple: [Atlantic slave trade, legalAbolition, United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807]

A. Slave Trade Act 1807
The Slave Trade Act 1807 was a landmark British law that made the transatlantic slave trade illegal throughout the British Empire, marking a major victory for the abolitionist movement.
B. Slavery Abolition Act 1833
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 was a landmark British law that ended slavery throughout most of the British Empire, leading to the emancipation of hundreds of thousands of enslaved people, particularly in the Caribbean.
C. Slavery Abolition Act 1838
The Slavery Abolition Act 1838 was British legislation that finalized and accelerated the end of slavery in the British Empire by modifying and effectively curtailing the apprenticeship system established after the 1833 abolition act.
D. Slavery Abolition Act 1843
The Slavery Abolition Act 1843 was a follow-up piece of British legislation that refined and extended the legal framework for ending slavery in the British Empire after the initial 1833 abolition act.
E. Peonage Act of 1867
The Peonage Act of 1867 is a U.S. federal law that criminalized debt peonage and other forms of forced labor, reinforcing the abolition of slavery established by the Thirteenth Amendment.
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: United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807
Target entity description: The United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves of 1807 was a federal law that banned the transatlantic importation of enslaved people into the United States, marking a major legal step against the Atlantic slave trade.

A. Slave Trade Act 1807
The Slave Trade Act 1807 was a landmark British law that made the transatlantic slave trade illegal throughout the British Empire, marking a major victory for the abolitionist movement.
B. Slavery Abolition Act 1833
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 was a landmark British law that ended slavery throughout most of the British Empire, leading to the emancipation of hundreds of thousands of enslaved people, particularly in the Caribbean.
C. Slavery Abolition Act 1838
The Slavery Abolition Act 1838 was British legislation that finalized and accelerated the end of slavery in the British Empire by modifying and effectively curtailing the apprenticeship system established after the 1833 abolition act.
D. Slavery Abolition Act 1843
The Slavery Abolition Act 1843 was a follow-up piece of British legislation that refined and extended the legal framework for ending slavery in the British Empire after the initial 1833 abolition act.
E. Peonage Act of 1867
The Peonage Act of 1867 is a U.S. federal law that criminalized debt peonage and other forms of forced labor, reinforcing the abolition of slavery established by the Thirteenth Amendment.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ abolition of the slave trade law ⓘ
aimedTo	end legal participation of the United States in the transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
appliesTo	United States ports ⓘ United States vessels ⓘ foreign vessels bringing enslaved people into the United States ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Article I Section 9 Clause 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateSigned	1807-03-02 ⓘ
doesNotAbolish	domestic slave trade within the United States ⓘ slavery within the existing states ⓘ
effectiveDate	1808-01-01 ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
enforcementBy	United States customs officials ⓘ linked to: U.S. Customs and Border Protection United States naval forces ⓘ linked to: United States Navy
followedBy	later federal statutes strengthening enforcement against illegal slave trading ⓘ
form	statute ⓘ
governs	importation of persons for slavery into the United States by sea or land ⓘ
historicalSignificance	implemented the United States constitutional provision allowing Congress to ban the importation of slaves after 1808 ⓘ marked a major legal step by the United States against the Atlantic slave trade ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal jurisdiction of the United States ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalDomain	United States federal law ⓘ United States slavery law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ maritime law ⓘ
penaltyIncludes	fines for persons knowingly participating in illegal importation of enslaved people ⓘ forfeiture of enslaved persons imported contrary to the act ⓘ forfeiture of ships involved in illegal slave importation ⓘ possible imprisonment for violations ⓘ
precededBy	earlier federal regulations on the slave trade ⓘ
prohibits	bringing into the United States any person to be held to service or labor as a slave from any foreign place ⓘ importation of enslaved persons into the United States from abroad ⓘ
relatedTo	British Slave Trade Act 1807 ⓘ linked to: Slave Trade Act 1807 United States Constitution ⓘ United States laws against piracy and slave trading ⓘ abolitionist movement in the United States ⓘ
shortName	1807 Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves ⓘ linked to: United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807 Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves ⓘ linked to: United States Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves 1807
signedBy	Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
signingOfficeholderRole	President of the United States ⓘ
subjectOf	ban on transatlantic importation of enslaved people into the United States ⓘ
timePeriod	early 19th century ⓘ
tookEffectOn	first day of January 1808 ⓘ
topic	Atlantic slave trade ⓘ abolitionism in the United States ⓘ slave trade prohibition ⓘ transatlantic slave trade ⓘ

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