Thought they could? Or didn't care what their constitution said? After all they ignored the requirement to establish the third branch of government. What was ignoring the slavery protections compared to that? Who was going to tell them they couldn't?
1864. Had it been strictly up to President Davis, he'd have done so sooner. This was something he had been lobbying the Confederate Congress for for a while.
Authorized how? Was their legislation approving an end to slavery in exchange for recognition? If so, when was it passed?
I disagree. Relative to the US federal government at the time they were quite scrupulous about it.
Really? Name one member of the Confederate Supreme Court.
Thought they could? Or didn't care what their constitution said? After all they ignored the requirement to establish the third branch of government. What was ignoring the slavery protections compared to that? Who was going to tell them they couldn't?
We've already discussed this. See above.
Authorized how? Was their legislation approving an end to slavery in exchange for recognition? If so, when was it passed?
By giving their consent to appoint an ambassador with plenipotentiary powers.
Really? Name one member of the Confederate Supreme Court.
Why would that be relevant?