- Author / Director
- The Delegates of the 1861 Florida Secession Convention
- Publish / Release Date
- Jan 10, 1861
Florida's Ordinance of Secession
Following Abraham Lincoln’s election, on November 6, 1860, Governor Madison Starke Perry called on Florida to join with other southern states seceeding from the United States. The legislature voted to hold an election on December 22 for the selection of delegates for an upcoming Secession Convention.
The newly elected delegates met in...
The newly elected delegates met in...
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