American Civil War · TURNING POINT ·
Secession of South Carolina (1860)
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20 Dec 1860 — South Carolina’s convention votes 169–0 to leave the Union. Its declaration cites “an increasing hostility… to the institution of slavery.” By February, six more states follow South Carolina out of the Union.
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- The American Civil War, 1840–1877
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