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Differences between the United States and Confederate Constitutions... New flag of the Confederacy...
Differences between the United States and Confederate Constitutions... New flag of the Confederacy...
Item # 700040
April 13, 1861
THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, April 13, 1861 Page 2 has reports headed: "America" with the latest on the Civil War. Of note is text noting: "...the main points of difference between the United States Constitution and the new Southern Constitution...1. That African slavery in the Territories shall be recognized and protected by Congress...2. That the right to slaveholders of transit & sojourn in any state of the Confederacy, with their slaves & other property, shall be recognized and respected. 3. That the provision in regard to fugitive slaves shall extend to any slave lawfully carried from one state into another..." with much more.
An inside page has a nice, descriptive article: "The Flag Adopted By the New Southern Confederacy of America" which includes s print of it.
England had a vested interest in the war, supporting the Confederacy because of its great need for cotton.
Complete in 24 pages, very nice condition.
Category: Yankee
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