[WhiskeyPapa]

Well, by law, the rebel government could NOT seize slaves arbitrarily. When they included the clause that the owner had to agree to grant the slave freedom, they were following the rebel constitution as written.

Of course as you know, there was no judicial review in the so-called CSA, because the judiciary had never been staffed. The rebels violated their own constitution and never set up a Supreme Court.

Walt

[Non-Sequitur]

Well, by law, the rebel government could NOT seize slaves arbitrarily.

Since when did Jefferson Davis care about the law when it got in his way?