[DoodleDawg]

Southern states, when in the USA, could import slaves from other U.S. states and territories. That's nothing new.

The Confederate states no longer considered themselves part of the U.S. Therefore any slaves brought in from the slave-holding states and territories of the U.S. were imported. Ergo, the Confederate constitution protected slave imports.

For you to say “Import slaves from U.S. states” is not responsive to his question.

Sure it was. States in the U.S. could not import slaves. States in the Confederacy could.

[jeffersondem]

“Sure it was. States in the U.S. could not import slaves. States in the Confederacy could.”

Is this your final answer?