Slavery Question

[Francisco Martin]

Thanks to you all who answered my question.  I have another one.  The U.S.
through treaties often outlawed the international slave trade before the
Civil War.  It appears that even pro-slavery advocates disliked the
international slave trade because slaves experienced death and inhumane
treatment during their voyage to the Americas.  Were there any other
reasons (e.g., economic) for prohibiting the international slave trade that
was proffered by pro-slavery advocates?

Francisco Forrest Martin

Francisco Forrest Martin
President
Rights International, The Center for International Human Rights Law, Inc.


> [Original Message]
> From: Mark Graber <mgraber at gvpt.umd.edu>
> To: <conlawprof at lists.ucla.edu>
> Date: 8/21/2005 8:37:39 PM
> Subject: Re: Slavery Question
>
> Well, in 1861, Congress proposed a proslavery amendment that was
> ratified by three northern states before the Civil War made matters
> irrelevant.
>
> >>> "Francisco Martin" <ricenter at igc.org> 08/21/05 8:30 PM >>>
> Do we have any evidence that if Congress had proposed an anti-slavery
> amendment anytime before the Civil War that it could have been ratified
> by 3/4 of the state legislatures or, more importantly, state
> conventions?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Francisco Forrest Martin
> President
> Rights International, The Center for International Human Rights Law,
> Inc.
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