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If I wanna go read these documents, does anyone know what these documents might have been called? Would they be called like articles of secession for each state?
Edit: it looks like it might be ordinances of sucession, or ordinance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinance_of_Secession?wprov=sfla1
I need to look at it more but I'm absurdly sleep deprived and have a limited attention span to begin with. I'd appreciate any thoughts or knowledge on the subject anyone might wish to share :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinance_of_Secession
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_scarsec.asp
Thank you! The south carolina one was an interesting read, and makes very union their motives for leaving the union
So is the second document is one of the supporting documents like mentioned in the first paragraph? It's a shame there isn't one for every state if I understand correctly, but still extremely helpful!
Edit: no, the south Carolina document is considered their declaration of secession, I'm unclear on whether every state has one...
The ordinances of secession are the legal instruments for secession - the actual formal bills - so while some are clear about the causes, some of them are just boilerplate "We out" kind of stuff. You can find other explanations from the seceding states, but the rest aren't so neatly grouped together, unfortunately.
Gotcha, I think I'm following. For anyone curious, this website seems like a helpful resource
https://civildiscourse-historyblog.com/blog/2018/6/30/secession-documents-alabama
That's the one for Alabama. The website seems to have all the related documents together for the different states that left the Union
So is the south Carolina document I read the "seperate document" alluded to in the Wikipedia page, or their ordinance of secession itself? If it's their ordinance of secession, what's the seperate document they published?
(If you don't know the answers or don't have the energy to try and explain everything to me that's fine, we're getting into the weeds lol)
The South Carolina link was a separate document - the Declaration of Immediate Causes.
https://web.archive.org/web/20040404171724/http://members.aol.com/jfepperson/ordnces.html
South Carolina's ordinance of secession is pretty boilerplate
... while Virginia's cites slavery specifically in its ordinance.
Thank you so much for all the time and energy you put into helping me understand all the historical documents, I really appreciate it
I hope you have a lovely day today ❤️
Aw, thank you! I always enjoy being able to help out with what tidbits I know about the past!
Mississippi's is called "A Declaration of the Immediate Causes which Induce and Justify the Secession of the State of Mississippi from the Federal Union."
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_missec.asp
Thank you, that's super helpful!