The secession of seven Southern states in 1860 to 1861 set in motion the train of events that led to the American Civil War. The war ultimately cost 620,000 lives, precipitated the internal collapse of slavery, prompted President Lincoln's...

Secession means the attempt by some region in a political system to become independent of the rest of the state and rule itself as an autonomous nation. Numerous civil wars have been fought over attempted secession moves, for example the American Civil...

Secession (derived from the Latin term secessio) is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, or political entity. It is not to be confused with succession, the act of following in order or sequence. Typically there is a strong issue...

The recent spate of secessionist conflicts has inspired many of us to return to the classics of political theory for moral guidance on state-breaking. Because Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, et al. are virtually silent on this topic, however, we look in this paper at...

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The secession meme is back, courtesy, we suspect, of the president they're inaugurating today down in Washington D.C. The idea takes various forms: that New York City secede from the state, or from the nation. Pro-slavery types pushed it in 1861; the Mailer-Breslin campaign embraced...

Residents and visitors are celebrating the 25th anniversary of this island city's mock secession from America.Monday marks a quarter-century since the U.S. Border Patrol established a checkpoint at the top of the Florida Keys Overseas Highway, touching off cries for rebellion.The secession was to be...

The events leading up to the Southern states' secession from the Union and the ensuing Civil War did not happen all at once. Slavery played the lead role in this process, forming the basis for disagreements between North and South over economic and social matters as well as differences over Constitutional interpretation. The election of Abraham Lincoln, a Republican and an abolitionist, as president drove the South even further away from the Union.

This essay provides facts to prove that the American Civil War was the inevitable culmination of the American belief in the right of secession. References the book "April 1985" by Jay Winik.

There were many issues and events that caused friction between South Carolina and other states in the union. The many incidents encouraging the secession of South Carolina are evident throughout the 1800s.