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Tag Archives: Nullification
The Secession of Mississippi
January 9, 2020, is the 160th anniversary of the secession of Mississippi Named for war hero Andrew Jackson, Jackson, Mississippi, was founded in 1821 at the intersection of the Natchez Trace and the Pearl River. Jackson himself had come through … Continue reading
Posted in 160th Anniversary, Antebellum South, Economics, Politics, Primary Sources, Slavery
Tagged 160th Anniversary, Andrew Jackson, cotton, Declaration of Immediate Causes, Jackson Mississippi, John C. Calhoun, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, Mississippi secession, Nullification, Ordinance of Secession, secession, Slavery, Thomas Jefferson
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Questions of Secession (part one)
part one of five As a Richmond National Battlefield Park Volunteer, I have spent many Saturdays talking about the legality of secession with Nathan Hall, a historian and park ranger at Richmond. Nathan has been studying the topic deeply for … Continue reading
ECW Weekender: In the Footsteps of Nullification with John C. Calhoun
Many historians have traced the roots of the Civil War back to the Nullification Crisis of 1832, triggered by South Carolina’s Ordinance of Nullification. The ordinance contended that a state had a right to ignore a Federal law if it … Continue reading
A visit with “Old Kinderhook” on the 150th anniversary of his death
The secession of South Carolina triggered civil war in Martin Van Buren’s house before it ever triggered fighting on the battlefield. After his public career ended, the former president had retired to the quiet life of a country farmer in … Continue reading
