Timeline March 1807

Events in March 1807 2

• 1807 United States bans the importation of slaves Jefferson signs law ending the Atlantic slave trade to America President Thomas Jefferson signed the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves on 2 March 1807, banning the importation of enslaved people into the United States effective 1 January 1808. The domestic slave trade within the US continued and the law was poorly enforced. It mirrored Britain's abolition of the trade the same year.
• 1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade Act passed British Parliament outlaws the transatlantic slave trade The Act for the Abolition of the Slave Trade received royal assent on 25 March 1807, making it illegal for British ships to carry enslaved people. It did not free existing slaves in British colonies but ended British participation in the Atlantic trade. The law followed decades of campaigning by abolitionists including William Wilberforce.