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To: Non-Sequitur
"...other than the slaveholding States or Territories of the United States of America..."

I read that to prohibit import from Africa; do you have any historical references to suggest otherwise, other than subtle nuances of timing over what state was part of which alliance at what time?

122 posted on 03/31/2010 9:46:04 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring
I read that to prohibit import from Africa; do you have any historical references to suggest otherwise, other than subtle nuances of timing over what state was part of which alliance at what time?

The claim was made that the confederate constitution specifically prohibited slave imports. It did not. In theory slave imports from Africa and countries other than the U.S. were banned. In practice they almost certainly would have continued, as they did prior to the rebellion.

127 posted on 03/31/2010 10:01:06 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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