Is it true that during the post-Revolutionary period most of the states continued the importation of slaves?

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2026-03-19 18:35

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Although slaves were brought into the US after 1781, the importation was banned by Rhode Island in 1774, most other colonies by 1786, and Georgia in 1798. However, they continued to be imported legally into the South until 1808, when the Constitutional exclusion period expired.

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