[DuncanWaring]

Rather than forbid it, the constitution specifically protects slave imports.

An 'import' from Mississippi to Alabama is not what most of us would call an 'import'; it's more like interstate commerce.

[Non-Sequitur]

An 'import' from Mississippi to Alabama is not what most of us would call an 'import'; it's more like interstate commerce.

How about an import from Virginia to Alabama? At the time the confederate constitution as adopted, Virginia was still part of the U.S., the U.S. was considered by the confederacy to be a foreign country, and imports of slaves from there was specifically protected.