... banned the international slave trade, retained the three- fifths clause for allocating representation in the House of Representatives and Electoral ... States permitting Congress to tax and 4 The Constitution of the Confederate States.
This first part to Volume Five of the series covers: The Constitution of the Confederate States. The authors offer a comprehensive analysis of the constitution of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. They provide the various speeches, ordinances and declarations, cases, and a host of other sources accompanied by detailed historical commentary.