For community college students navigating U.S. history alongside sociology and economics, the Road to Secession often feels like a static list of dates. But a fresh look at the 1860–1861 timeline, ...

On Nov. 22, 1860, nearly 3,000 local citizens gathered at "Magazine Hill" to endorse resolutions and an ordinance for South Carolina's secession from the Union, where many in attendance wore ...

As usual, old times here are not forgotten. On Monday, historians, politicians, re-enactors and curiosity seekers gathered in Charleston to mark the 150th anniversary of South Carolina's secession ...

On December 20, 1860, six weeks after voters of the United States elected Abraham Lincoln as the 16 th president, South Carolina seceded from the union. Other Southern states soon followed, leading ...

Secession is making a comeback. Tomorrow is the 150th anniversary of South Carolina’s secession from the Union, a political act that set in motion the events that led to the Civil War, but one needn’t ...

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WEBVTT IT'S BEING CALLED ONE OF SOUTH CAROLINAS GREATEST TREASURES AND IT MADE A BRIEF STOP IN GREENVILLE THIS EVENING. THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE OF SECESSION SIGNED IN 1860 WAS DISPLAYED AT THE ...

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Should Abraham Lincoln have let the South secede? Some argue that the nation would have been better off if he had done so, because the United States is in reality two countries, the North and the ...