Georgia's Brief Restriction on Slave Imports — Quickly Abandoned

Georgia briefly prohibited the importation of enslaved people in its 1798 constitution under pressure from other states — but the provision was routinely flouted and Georgia rescinded restrictions within years. The state had been among the most aggressive in blocking federal restrictions at the Constitutional Convention. Georgia and South Carolina were ultimately the primary conduits for the massive wave of slave imports between 1803 and 1807, when those states reopened their ports ahead of the