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Ok, let's separate it out and spell it out so you can understand it....
The movement OR importation of SLAVES that the states want to import won't be prohibited by Congress before 1808.
The word "or" doesn't play a part here. The movement (migration) or importation of slaves doesn't change the fact that they are slaves. If slave owners want to move them from one slave state to another (migration) or they want to import them from another country, they are still slaves. Migration is for the slaves that are already here, and importation is for the new slaves being brought in.
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