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_Congressional Globe_, 36 Cong. 2 sess. p. 279.
~1861, Jan. 23. Congress (House): Proposition to Amend Constitution.~
Resolution of Mr. Morris of Pennsylvania:--"Neither Congress nor a
Territorial Legislature shall make any law respecting slavery or
involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime; but Congress
may pass laws for the suppression of the African slave trade, and the
rendition of fugitives from service or labor in the States." Mr. Morris
asked to have it printed, that he might at the proper time move it as an
amendment to the report of the select committee of thirty-three. It was
ordered to be printed. _Ibid._, p. 527.
~1861, Feb. 1. Congress (House): Proposition to Amend Constitution.~
Resolution of Mr. Kellogg of Illinois:--
Sec. 16. "The migration or importation of persons held to service or
involuntary servitude into any State, Territory, or place within the
United States, from any place or country beyond the limits of the United
States or Territories thereof, is forever prohibited." Considered Feb.
27, 1861, and lost. _Ibid._, pp. 690, 1243, 1259-60.
~1861, Feb. 8. Confederate States of America: Importation Prohibited.~
Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of
America, Article I. Section 7:--
"1. The importation of African negroes from any foreign country other
than the slave-holding States of the United States, is hereby forbidden;
and Congress are required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent
the same.
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