" The Confederate Constitution, on the other hand, ordained as follows: "1. The importation of negroes of the African race from any foreign country, other than the slaveholding States or Territories of the United States of America, is hereby forbidden; and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the same. "2. Congress shall also have the power to prohibit the introduction of slaves from any state not a member of, or Territory not belonging to, this Confederacy. "

― Jefferson Davis , The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government