A pamphlet with the official justification for South Carolina’s secession, 1860.

Citation Information
Excerpt from “Declaration of the Immediate Causes which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union and the Ordinance of Secession,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/888ba4428f4c2270a8d5f5e608c5cf80.
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Courtesy of Greenville County Library System via South Carolina Digital Library.

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