[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Uh, gee, Ron.

Maybe because if you don’t make it illegal (the outcome of the Civil War), the South would have simply sold the slaves at a profit and over market-cost, bought new slaves at market-cost, and pocketed the margin.

[Christian_Capitalist]

Uh, gee, Ron. Maybe because if you don’t make it illegal (the outcome of the Civil War), the South would have simply sold the slaves at a profit and over market-cost, bought new slaves at market-cost, and pocketed the margin.

Nope.

The importation of new slaves was already forbidden since 1808. Read the Constitution.