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The U.S. Constitution states in Article IV, Section 2, "The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States." The Confederate Constitution added that a state government could not prohibit the rights of slave owners traveling or visiting from a different state with their slaves.
Map of the Confederate States with names and borders of states A Confederate state was a U.S. state that declared secession and joined the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. The Confederacy recognized them as constituent entities that shared their sovereignty with the Confederate government. Confederates were recognized as citizens of both the federal republic and of ...
The Permanent Constitution provided for a President of the Confederate States of America, elected to serve a six-year term but without the possibility of re-election. Unlike the United States Constitution, the Confederate Constitution gave the president the ability to subject a bill to a line item veto, a power also held by some state governors.
That differs from the U.S. Constitution in which Article I, Section 9 allows but does not require a ban on the "Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit" effective January 1, 1808. Article IV, Section 2, of the Provisional Constitution required the return of escaped slaves, similarly ...
Signers of the Confederate States Constitution (51 P) Pages in category "Constitutions of the Confederate States of America" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Download as PDF; Printable version; The ... The Confederate constitution may refer to: Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States ...
The Confederacy: A Guide to the Archives of the Confederate States of America. Washington: National Archives and Records Administration. pp. 9– 35. ISBN 0-911333-18-5. LCCN 86008362. OCLC 13425465. OL 2715333M. Confederate States of America (1861). Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America. Montgomery ...
[2] Article VII Section 1(2) includes instructions for electing permanent officials after the ratification of the Confederate Constitution: When five states shall have ratified this Constitution, in the manner before specified, the Congress under the Provisional Constitution, shall prescribe the time for holding the election of President and ...