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Have you compared what the Confederacy said about importation of slaves in its Constitution with what the Union Constitution said at that time?

Article I, Sec. 9 of the Confederate Constitution:
1. The importation of negroes of the African race from any foreign country other than the slaveholding States or Territories of the United States of America, is hereby forbidden; and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the same.
2. Congress shall also have power to prohibit the introduction of slaves from any State not a member of, or Territory not belonging to, this Confederacy.

Article 1, Section 9 of the Union Constitution:

Clause 1: The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.

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but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.

The federal government...always looking for an angle to raise a buck, no matter who it hurts.