Several states, including South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas, issued "Declarations of Causes" explaining their reasons for secession. These documents prominently featured slavery as a key motivation .
The declarations made clear defenses of slavery and objections to Northern opposition to slavery. For example:
Mississippi stated its position was "thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery"Â .
Georgia complained about Northern states refusing to comply with fugitive slave laws .
Texas denounced Northern states' "debasing doctrine of equality of all men, irrespective of race or color"Â
To be fair, Texas may have the same position today.
iirc, up until they finally abolished slavery, it was still legal to tether your slaves to the horse hitching posts outside the state capitol. Not sure which I found more shocking actually.
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Several states, including South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas, issued "Declarations of Causes" explaining their reasons for secession. These documents prominently featured slavery as a key motivation .
The declarations made clear defenses of slavery and objections to Northern opposition to slavery. For example:
Mississippi stated its position was "thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery"Â .
Georgia complained about Northern states refusing to comply with fugitive slave laws .
Texas denounced Northern states' "debasing doctrine of equality of all men, irrespective of race or color"Â
To be fair, Texas may have the same position today.