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Why Did Congress Delay Outlawing the International Slave Trade Within

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Why did Congress delay outlawing the international slave trade within the jurisdiction of the United States until 1808?


A) Antislavery forces lacked a majority of Congress until 1808.
B) Defenders of slavery in Congress blocked such action until then.
C) International slave trading was confined to South America and the Caribbean until after 1800.
D) The Constitution forbade such a law until 20 years after its ratification.

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