The legislature of South Carolina authorizes a State Convention, one month hence, to consider the question of secession from the voluntary Union.
[updated 10/3/2026]
Subsequent Events:
11/13/1860 11/30/1860 12/14/1860 12/20/1860 2/4/1861
Authority:
unanimous Declaration (of Independence), Paragraph 6
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Article X of Amendment
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References:
Paul Johnson, A History of the American People, (New York: HarperPerennial, 1997), 457.
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 150.
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