. The story of the marches, battles, and incidents of the Third United States Colored Cavalry; a fighting regiment in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-5 . theirslaves to their Southern brothers, and then commenced thecruisade against slavery. Section 9, Article 1, of the constitution of the United States,sheds some light on the question of what the framers of that im-mortal document thought of slavery. It is as follows: The immigration or importation of such persons as any ofthe States, now existing, may think proper, shall not be pro-hibited by Congress, prior to 1808, but a tax or duty may be
. The story of the marches, battles, and incidents of the Third United States Colored Cavalry; a fighting regiment in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-5 . theirslaves to their Southern brothers, and then commenced thecruisade against slavery. Section 9, Article 1, of the constitution of the United States,sheds some light on the question of what the framers of that im-mortal document thought of slavery. It is as follows: The immigration or importation of such persons as any ofthe States, now existing, may think proper, shall not be pro-hibited by Congress, prior to 1808, but a tax or duty may be im-posed on such importations, not exceeding $10, for such person. The foreign slave trade was then recognized as an iniquity tobe tolerated only for a short time, as a political necessity. In 1818 Congress prohibited the foreign slave trade, and in1820 it was made piracy, punishable by death. Domestic slavery,however, continued and was in the fullness of time destined tobe the cause of the greatest war of the centuries. One of the greatest, if not the greatest, statesman of the South,said: If I could be instrumental in eradicating from the con-. Capt. b. s. U. S. C. C. Third U. S. Colored Cavalry. 33 stitution and laws of my country that greatest stain and blot,slavery, I would feel that I was entitled to greater honor thanthat ever bestowed upon any conquering hero or potentate. There undoubtedly were those who honestly believed thatslavery was a divine institution. The interstate traffic in slaveswas viewed with abhorence by many leading Southern men. John Randolph, while upholding slavery, denounced thetraffic. In 1818, free labor in the North and slave labor in theSouth were brought squarely face to face. Slave labor was fastrising in value. The new lands of the lower Mississippi opened avast field for slave labor in the production of cotton and was believed, says one historian, that the extension of slaveryinto the territory would save it from gradual
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