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Tag Archives: Ordinance of Secession
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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SC’s Secession Convention @ Institute Hall
Over the weekend, I shared photos of some historical markers in Charleston that indicated the location of the building where the state’s postwar constitutional convention met. Ironically, the site of the state’s secession convention was just a block and a … Continue reading
January 10, 1861 in Florida
On this date in Tallahassee, Florida, the delegates to the state’s secession convention voted 62-7, in favor of secession. With that vote, after seven days of deliberation, Florida became the third state to formally declare itself out of the United … Continue reading
