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Was it Slavery, or was it States Rights? Perhaps it was the election of Lincoln? What were the real reasons for Southern Secession and what were the political issues in this time of war? Find your answers here in the Secession and Politics Disussion.

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Is "history" getting set to repeat itself?

Started by Lady Val, Yesterday 06:43 PM
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unionblue

Today 06:39 PM
Sumter Provocation

Started by Savez, 02-24-2010 02:07 PM

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Yesterday 03:50 PM
Question about Foreign Recognition

Started by brass napoleon, 02-10-2010 07:57 AM

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OpnCoronet

Yesterday 12:42 PM
Lincoln, a TYRANT?

Started by unionblue, 08-14-2008 12:28 AM

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unionblue

03-12-2010 11:29 PM
How Lincoln Could Have Prevented Civil War

Started by 101combatvet, 07-29-2009 01:05 AM

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ole

03-08-2010 11:36 AM
State Sovereignty, the Articles, and the Constitution

Started by ForeverFree, 03-05-2010 09:32 PM
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OpnCoronet

03-08-2010 11:16 AM
An Apology

Started by 28TN, 02-22-2010 11:41 AM

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RobertP

03-08-2010 09:11 AM
Reconstruction's Biggest Mistake?

Started by Horace Porter, 12-19-2009 07:44 PM

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Horace Porter

03-05-2010 12:14 AM
I'm glad I wasn't faced with the slave question

Started by jpeter, 03-02-2010 09:50 PM
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jpeter

03-03-2010 04:17 PM
When did it become "hip" to be anti-slavery?

Started by jpeter, 02-24-2010 09:03 AM
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Scribe

02-25-2010 11:35 AM
Southern Partisan in the dark

Started by 28TN, 02-11-2010 05:22 PM

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OpnCoronet

02-24-2010 02:04 PM
What drove sectional separation?

Started by ole, 01-07-2010 01:00 AM

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RobertP

02-24-2010 11:38 AM
Lincoln Debate/ Free For All Online

Started by DJ Psychomike, 02-23-2010 06:47 PM
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DJ Psychomike

02-23-2010 06:47 PM
The Second, Ninth & Tenth Amendments

Started by dawna, 02-10-2005 06:39 AM

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ole

02-22-2010 02:02 PM
New York City Draft Riots

Started by RobertP, 02-14-2010 10:52 AM

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ole

02-22-2010 01:01 AM
A net loss??

Started by 28TN, 02-10-2010 03:51 PM

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unionblue

02-20-2010 02:36 AM
Tennessee,the East Tennessee State and Brownlow

Started by 28TN, 02-11-2010 03:51 PM
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TerryB

02-15-2010 10:32 AM
The Election of 1860

Started by Horace Porter, 12-03-2009 06:27 PM

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unionblue

02-12-2010 04:15 AM
Carpetbaggers in Tennessee during Reconstruction

Started by Horace Porter, 12-19-2009 03:00 PM

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K Hale

02-10-2010 04:13 PM
"Coolies"- The North's Legal Slave Trade

Started by Battalion, 08-06-2007 02:38 PM

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ForeverFree

02-08-2010 11:20 AM
Secession Studies, Out in the Open

Started by Glorybound, 12-29-2009 05:04 PM

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Nathanb1

01-30-2010 02:31 PM
About That 10th Amendment

Started by Scribe, 05-02-2009 04:21 PM

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Shelby's Foot

01-29-2010 07:23 AM
Slaves Rights in the 17th and 18th century

Started by jpeter, 01-21-2010 08:52 AM
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jpeter

01-22-2010 10:08 PM
Suspension of Civil Liberties

Started by blackirish, 03-19-2002 01:13 PM

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ole

01-19-2010 12:22 PM
Did Missouri seccede?

Started by Elennsar, 05-17-2009 11:36 PM
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K Hale

01-18-2010 11:54 PM
Racial hatred in the North

Started by jpeter, 01-13-2010 09:04 AM

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Freddy

01-18-2010 10:36 PM
Moved: Abolitionist: Why are you annoying?

Started by jpeter, 01-07-2010 12:43 PM
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ole

01-07-2010 12:32 AM
The Civil War as a Theological Crisis

Started by Beef, 11-10-2009 09:41 PM

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OpnOlympic

01-04-2010 10:56 AM
The North and Black Suffrage, 1865-1870

Started by Horace Porter, 12-06-2009 12:45 AM

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johan_steele

12-30-2009 09:13 AM
Money; THE Cause?

Started by Battalion, 03-18-2007 04:04 PM

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Ellsworth avenger

12-23-2009 02:25 AM