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Slavery as a Cause for Secession (at SlaveryTalk)

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So what if the war was about slavery?

The Issue of States Rights

The Southern states maintained the Federal government had no authority to outlaw slavery because it should be a matter of state law. Unionists believed there were some issues that the Federal government would be the ultimate authority on.
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Perceived Offenses to "State Sovereignty" in Antebellum North Carolina

Southern Economy & Tariffs Promoted Disunion

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Didn't Tariffs start the war?

The Election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860

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Election Day 1860 - VOTE NOW

Southern Declarations of Secession

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Why Did Arkansas Secede?

Additional Discussion on Secession

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The Real Cause of Secession

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The Doctrine of State’s Rights by Jefferson Davis
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If Southerners supported "states rights" then why did they push so hard for fugitive slaves laws in the 1850s which are contrary to states rights?
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Impeach James Buchanan!
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Father of Secession - Robert Barnwell Rhett
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Why wasn't secession about tariffs?
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What Was the Main Cause of the Civil War? (poll)
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Why Did The States Have Large Struggles?
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Secession
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Texas Ordnance and President Roberts
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Virginia Ordnance of Secession and President Janney
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It probably was cotton, after all.
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From The Pulpit: A Southern Preacher Argues Secession
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Mississippi River Flood Control 1812-1865
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John J. Crittenden and his Compromise
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Thomas Corwin and his amendment
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Lincoln’s 1st Inaugural, the legality of secession, and the Union Cause
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The Walker Tariff of 1846
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The Corwin Amendment and the Cause
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Tennessee Ordnance
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Kentucky Ordnance
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Missouri Ordnance
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It was about money, pure and simple
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North Carolina Ordnance and President Edwards
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Louisiana Ordnance and President Mouton
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South Carolina Ordnance and President David Jamison
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Georgia Declaration of Secession
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Mississippi Secession and President William T.S. Barry
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Florida Secession and President John G. McGehee
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Alabama Ordnance and President William M. Brooks
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Arkansas Ordnance of Secession and President Walker
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