The Confederate Constitution also prohibited laws that interfered with someones right to own slaves and prohibited its states from interfering in the ownership of slaves or restricting slavery.
So did the US Constitution, but the Northern states just ignored it. It's Article IV, section II, if you want to look it up.
504 posted on 07/05/2017 3:18:48 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")