Slave Trade Compromise (legal) (jun 11, 1788 – jun 10, 1808)
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10 states banned slave TRADE
georgia, north + south carolina threatened to leave if slavery banned entirely
free states and territories must return escaped slaves
to unite as a country
"all toher persons" and "such persons" to refer to slaves in legal documents; knew wrong, did anyway
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