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Article I
Section 9. The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person.
Article IV
Section 2 No person held to service or labor in one state, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.
Well, you never know when you might learn something. I can now see how the Dred Scott decision came about. The Missouri Compromise really was unconstitutional. It's interesting that Article 4, Section 2 was not totally "superseded" by the 13th Amendment. They merely outlawed 'involuntary' servitude. You could still find situations where that could be applied in law today.
And I find it interesting that Amendment X was interpreted as I suggest during the period when the Civil War was fought.
[This message has been edited by Baron Munchausen (edited 15 September 2001).]