Question

multiple choice question
which compromise was made at the constitutional convention regarding the slave trade?

• delegates agreed to keep the new congress from interfering with the slave trade until 1808.
• delegates agreed to prohibit congress from ever discussing the slave trade.
• delegates agreed to lower the taxes on southern states that banned the slave trade.
• delegates agreed to ban the slave trade in northern states but to allow it to continue in southern states.

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Explanation:

The Slave Trade Compromise at the U.S. Constitutional Convention allowed Congress to not interfere with the transatlantic slave trade until 1808, after which it could regulate or ban it. The other options are incorrect: Congress was not barred from ever discussing the trade, there were no tax breaks for states banning the trade, and the compromise did not split the ban geographically between Northern and Southern states.

Answer:

A. Delegates agreed to keep the new Congress from interfering with the slave trade until 1808.