secession of the southern states

by Gerald White Johnson

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Published 1933 by G.P. Putnam"s Sons in New York .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Secession.

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Edition Notes

Statement	by Gerald W. Johnson.
Series	Great occasions
Classifications
LC Classifications	E440.5
The Physical Object
Pagination	176p. :
Number of Pages	176
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL21560257M

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  Yet for all its uniqueness the story of the secession of Texas has broad implications for the secession movement in general. Despite the local color and the southwestern nature of the state, Texas was more southern than western in Texans supported the Union or insisted upon secession for reasons common to the South and to the whole nation. Secession was a profoundly anti-democratic and proslavery movement. The lower South states refused to acquiesce to the results of a presidential election in order to protect slavery, and the upper South states that seceded in the second wave of se-cession chose slavery over . Dates of Secession. South Carolina: Decem Mississippi: January 9, Florida: Janu Alabama: Janu Georgia: Janu

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