In South Carolina's secession declaration, which was adopted in December 1860, the state pointed to its right to "separate control over its own institutions," including slavery.

A panel was held on the secession of South Carolina from the Union on December 20, 1860. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union, shortly after the 1860 election of Abraham ...

On a foggy day near Christmas 1860, a delegation of South Carolina's wealthiest and ... On Dec. 20 — about 150 years ago — it adopted the Ordinance of Secession, declaring South Carolina, ...

The populace of South Carolina, and even the educated classes of other States, may have been roused by this event to contemplate a disruption which would have shocked them formerly.

It’s called South Carolina’s most important document, and it made a brief stop in Greenville’s Upcountry History Museum. The original Ordinance of Secession signed and ratified in 1860 went ...

FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.; PUBLIC FEELING IN CHARLESTON THE LEADING MEN IN THE SECESSION MOVEMENT MISGIVINGS ABOUT THE ISSUE. ... See the article in its original context from December 15, 1860, Page 1 ...

The South Carolina NAACP led a protest outside the ball, ... is that the one freedom that was capable of uniting white South Carolinians behind secession in the fall of 1860 was the freedom to own ...

The Democratic National Convention convened at South Carolina’s Institute Hall. Caleb Cushing of Massachusetts presided over the volatile proceedings and most of the delegates were split along ...

South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union before the Civil war in 1860 over “increasing hostility on the part of the non-slaveholding States to the Institution of Slavery.” ...

Charleston, South Carolina, was founded in 1670 and is the state's oldest city. The drawing depicts it in 1860. Alamy In the cooling evening air, Charleston, South Carolina's notable citizens ...