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Declaration of South Carolina
South Carolina issued its Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina.
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Florida seceded
The Florida State Convention passed an ordinance of secession, making it the third state to secede.
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Georgia seceded
The Georgia Convention passed an ordinance of secession, making Georgia the fifth state to secede from the Union.
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Secession of Texas
The Texas Convention voted for secession, making Texas the seventh state to secede from the Union.
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Secession of Virginia
The Virginia convention voted to secede, making the state the eighth to secede from the Union.
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Tennessee seceded
Tennessee became the last of eleven states to secede from the Union.
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South Carolina considered secession
South Carolina’s legislature became the first to approve a convention to consider secession. It also determined to raise 10,000 men for the defense of the state.
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South Carolina’s secession
Fearing that Lincoln’s election signaled the end of slavery, South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union.