History of the United States I / Unit 15 USH1 2107 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Article One, Section Nine
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The idea
The clause of the Confederate Constitution holds that no law impairing or denying the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed.
In practice
Emancipation forbidden to the Confederate Congress by the Confederacy's own constitution.
Where people slip
A government that cannot legislate on a question has removed it from politics permanently, which is why it went in the constitution.
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