Question

by the time the u.s. was founded, even many slaveholders opposed the atlantic slave trade. the issue led to heated debates at the constitutional convention, where the delegates ultimately agreed to ____. choose 1 answer: a end the international slave trade immediately, even though south carolina threatened to walk out of the convention b compromise by allowing congress to ban the international slave trade in 1808 c permit only the wealthiest merchants to continue in the international slave trade d allow the international slave trade to continue indefinitely, without congressional interference

Explanation:

At the U.S. Constitutional Convention, delegates reached a compromise over the Atlantic slave trade to reconcile Northern and Southern interests. Southern states dependent on slave labor resisted an immediate ban, so they agreed Congress could prohibit the international slave trade starting in 1808, which was 20 years after the convention.

Answer:

B. compromise by allowing Congress to ban the international slave trade in 1808