Constitution of The Confederate Statess of America-On

March 11, 1861, delegates of the secessionist

government unanimously adopted The Constitution of

The Confederate States of America.  The Confederate

Constitution guaranteed and protected property rights

in slaves.

PROVISIONAL AND PERMANENT
CONSTITUTIONS,
OF THE
CONFEDERATE STATES.

RICHMOND:
TYLER, WISE, ALLEGRE AND SMITH, PRINTERS.
1861.