When Thaddeus Stevens is confronted by an outraged Asa Litton for denying the full humanity and equality of Blacks, Stevens tells him "I want the amendment to pass so that the Constitution's first and only mention of slavery is its absolute prohibition." Although the words "slave" and "slavery" appear nowhere in the Constitution, it is in fact addressed in several places: Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 (3/5 of the slaves counted as population for determining representatives and direct taxes); Article I, Section 9, Clause 1 (importing slaves was to be unrestricted by Congress until at least the year 1808); and Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3 (fugitive slaves had to be returned to their owners when caught). Additional references to these provisions show up in Article I, Section 9, Clause 4, and Article V.
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