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Slavery as a Cause for Secession (at SlaveryTalk)

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The First & The Last In Their Own Words Reasons For Secession.

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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The Real Cause of the Civil War: In 1860, Southern Plantation Owners owed $1 billion+ to NY Banks

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 didn't the South Wait?

Additional Discussion on Secession

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The Real Cause of 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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On Secession: An Analysis of Texas v. White
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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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Tariff of 1857 House Vote
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1860 Republican Party Platform
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Man the Walker Tariff was named after
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Albert Reese Lamar - Secretary of Georgia Convention
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George Walker Crawford - President Georgia Convention
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The South Carolina Secession convention, day by day
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Douglas Democratic Platform
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