Slave Trade Act of 1800

Slave Trade Act of 1800

Long title	An Act in Addition to the Act Intituled (sic) "An Act to Prohibit the Carrying on the Slave Trade from the United States to any Foreign Place or Country."
Enacted by	the 6th United States Congress
Effective	May 10, 1800
Citations
Public law	Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 6–51
Statutes at Large	2 Stat. 70
Legislative history
Signed into law by President John Adams on May 10, 1800

The Slave Trade Act of 1800 was a law passed by the United States Congress to build upon the Slave Trade Act of 1794, limiting American involvement in the trade of human cargo. It was signed into law by President John Adams on May 10, 1800. This was among several acts of Congress that eventually outlawed the importation of slaves to the United States. The owning of slaves, and the domestic trade, would later be made illegal throughout the U.S. by the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1865 following the American Civil War.