How in God's name do you find a clause in the Confederate constitution that had existed in the US Constitution from its creation to be a step toward ending slavery? By 1860, there was not a single slave legally imported into the US (South Carolina never respected the constitution or any law) for over 50 years, yet the slave population of the US increased nearly fourfold in that same time.
They didn't need or want imports. That would have only depressed the value of their existing property.
I swear some of you guys see the CSA as some sort of heaven on earth when it was nothing but a damn feudal kingdom masquerading as a democracy.
And I swear some of you guys see the USA as some sort of great republic when by lincoln's very actions he had destroyed the Republic and established what amounted to a four year totalitarian state. And what's left is a Socialist Democratic Empire, nothing more. The Republic is dead and has been for 141 years