Interesting find but I fell upon the fact that the civil war wasn't fought over slavery - but 'unburdened taxation' on the south.
Now I ask, is there the same unfair taxation today over immigration?
You betcha.
The Confederate constitution states in Section 9:
Section 9 - Limits on Congress, Bill of Rights
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.
http://www.usconstitution.net/csa.html
THIS WAS THE SAME LAW THAT EXISTED BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR.
One account of the story is here:
http://www.mises.org/misesreview_detail.asp?control=163&sortorder=issue
Amazing.
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2007-07-27
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