Secession Blog

Starting in the late 1850’s and 60’s the new world was being fueled by a hatred fire burning at the coals that were the nation. This fire and this fight was called liberty. Slaves were tired of how they were looked down upon and treated as property, the northern states took note and raised a voice. This was a troubled time and people were not in agreement about what should be done and who should be considered “right.” In the early 60’s the southern states started getting mad over what was happening, Late Senator Jefferson Davis was one of the main influencers on the start of secession in the south.

Reflecting on what happened following the events of the Boston Tea Party and how the new settlers created the Declaration of Independence, they saw clarity in how to evade the north's powerful hand. The southern states were planning to drop out of the pact they agreed to be a part of. They were going to leave the union(“states”) they only agreed to be a part of. There was justification in their actions, nothing in written law at the time blocked the states from trying to form their own “nation’ in the south.

In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was the republican candidate running for President of the United States or what they thought was the US. As a candidate he was running on a platform that was suitable for both sides of the spectrum, he was claiming to not be opposed to slavery but also not be in favor of it. Abraham said that he was not going to stop slavery but only not let it expand into the western regions; looking to contain the south and the expansion. Later he went on and abolished slavery, he did do the right thing but it caused some “revolution.” This was one of the main triggers for the southern states to start to pull apart from the union they first joined.

The main reason we are called the “United States” is because all of the states signed and ratified in agreement to establish what is known as America. We are a bunch of city states that are all banded together due to trust and agreement. Just before the civil war the southern states thought that they were being let down or unfulfilled with the agreement they made to be a part of the union, so they decided to back out. 

After almost all of the southern states seceded from the “america” it was very soon followed with the Civil War. This was the most tragic war that has taken place on US soil, there were almost a million people dead and the devastation to the whole economy and country generally was just unimaginable. Slavery was the way of the south they were not willing to change so the North and Ullysses S Grant brought the fight to them. The North won the war and slavery was soon abolished for good, with the release of the 13th amendment granting all people freedom.