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Declaration Secession South Carolina CIVIL WAR
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Declaration of the Immediate Cause
WHICH INDUCE AND JUSTIFY THE Secession of South Carolina FROM THE FEDERAL UNION; AND THE ORDINANCE OF SECESSION. 1st Edition. Copyright 1860. Published by Evans & Cogswell, Printers to the Convention; Charleston, SC. Wraps, as issued. First issue, with misprinted "Cause" for "Causes." 8" x 5 3/8", 13 pages. Professionally Authenticated by: PKBooks . Details: We are pleased to present One of the Most Pivotal Documents in American History. Indeed, the Secession Ordinance voted on by the South Carolina delegation, signaled the 1st Official Statement of Civil War in America. Other states quickly followed suit, in announcing that they, too were seceeding from the Union. This exceedingly scarce publication is of tremendous historical importance, and would be a prize in any collection. The Convention that voted to abolish the Union in South Carolina was carefully picked by the legislature. Of the 169 delegates almost all were slave holders -- and nearly half owned 50 or more slaves. This group represented the elite of South Carolina's political and slave-holding class: five former governors, 40 former state senators, 100 former state representatives, 12 clerics, and many lawyers. This was no cross-section of South Carolina (only 47% owned slaves, only 9% of the slave owners held 50 or more slaves, and only about 4% of all of South Carolina's families held 50 or more slaves). This group had a vested interest in making sure that slavery continued unmolested. Condition: Very Good + Condition. Staples have been removed, leaving staple holes in the cover. Some areas on front wrap have been abraised. (It looks like a label of some kind was removed.) Pin head size perforation at printer's text block on front wrap, due to abraision. Very clean, straight pages. Tiny inked number on inner margin of first page. Overall, this rare document is VG+. 
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