Question

The US Constitution also put an end date on international slave trade. Without mentioning slavery explicitly, the clause promised that the importation of people would not be banned until 1808. In the meantime, a tax would be placed on each person imported before that date. When January 1, 1808, arrived, international slave trade was officially banned with the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves. Notably, the act did nothing to stop or slow down the trade of enslaved people within the United States. By 1860, the population of enslaved people in the US had nearly tripled to about four million.

The 1808 ban on international slave trade ________.

A
dramatically slowed down the enslavement of Black people

B
was ignored completely

C
was not implemented on the schedule promised in the Constitution

D
did nothing to stop or slow down domestic slave trade

Answer 1

The best answer to fill in the blank based on the provided information is:

D - did nothing to stop or slow down domestic slave trade.