Which states succeeded from the union

Northern abolitionists actively opposed these laws meant to keep the enslaved population oppressed. They refused to return escaped slaves or report on them. They helped more people escape slavery. They opposed attempts to expand slavery or support it at a federal level. They generated a great deal of anger and paranoia among slaveholders that exploded when abolitionist John Brown actively armed and incited an uprising in Harper's Ferry, Virginia.

People across the South feared that Northerners would incite violence and terror to get rid of slavery in their states. They refused to even put the abolitionist candidate Abraham Lincoln on their ballots. But, despite their effort to keep him out of the White House, Lincoln prevailed on the back of overwhelming Northern support. The Southern states claimed that their will had been entirely subverted, and that the system favored northern extremists who influenced the government. Their answer to their claim was to create their own government.

This act of secession, which was of questionable constitutionality, led to the Civil War. State Seceded from Union Readmitted to Union 1 1. South Carolina Dec. Mississippi Jan. Florida Jan. Alabama Jan. Georgia Jan. Louisiana Jan. Texas March 2, March 30, 8. Ratified 23 Feb by a vote of 46, for and 14, against. And they do further declare, That said Constitution of the United States of America is no longer binding on any of the citizens of this State. This ordinance shall take effect and be an act of this day, when ratified by a majority of the voter of the people of this State cast at a poll to be taken thereon on the fourth Thursday in May next, in pursuance of a schedule hereafter to be enacted.

Adopted by the convention of Virginia April 17, ratified by a vote of , to 37, on 23 May And we do further hereby declare and ordain, That the State of Arkansas hereby resumes to herself all rights and powers heretofore delegated to the Government of the United States of America; that her citizens are absolved from all allegiance to said Government of the United States, and that she is in full possession and exercise of all the rights and sovereignty which appertain to a free and independent State.

We do further ordain and declare, That all rights acquired and vested under the Constitution of the United States of America, or of any act or acts of Congress, or treaty, or under any law of this State, and not incompatible with this ordinance, shall remain in full force and effect, in nowise altered or impaired, and have the same effect as if this ordinance had not been passed.

Adopted and passed in open convention on the 6th day of May, A. We do further declare and ordain, That the union now subsisting between the State of North Carolina and the other States, under the title of the United States of America, is hereby dissolved, and that the State of North Carolina is in full possession and exercise of all those rights of sovereignty which belong and appertain to a free and independent State.

Done in convention at the city of Raleigh, this the 20th day of May, in the year of our Lord , and in the eighty-fifth year of the independence of said State. We, the people of the State of Tennessee, waiving any expression of opinion as to the abstract doctrine of secession, but asserting the right, as a free and independent people, to alter, reform, or abolish our form of government in such manner as we think proper, do ordain and declare that all the laws and ordinances by which the State of Tennessee became a member of the Federal Union of the United States of America are hereby abrogated and annulled, and that all the rights, functions, and powers which by any of said laws and ordinances were conveyed to the Government of the United States, and to absolve ourselves from all the obligations, restraints, and duties incurred thereto; and do hereby henceforth become a free, sovereign, and independent State.

We furthermore declare and ordain that article 10, sections 1 and 2, of the constitution of the State of Tennessee, which requires members of the General Assembly and all officers, civil and military, to take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States be, and the same are hereby, abrogated and annulled, and all parts of the constitution of the State of Tennessee making citizenship of the United States a qualification for office and recognizing the Constitution of the United States as the supreme law of this State are in like manner abrogated and annulled.

We furthermore ordain and declare that all rights acquired and vested under the Constitution of the United States, or under any act of Congress passed in pursuance thereof, or under any laws of this State, and not incompatible with this ordinance, shall remain in force and have the same effect as if this ordinance had not been passed. Sent to referendum 6 May by the legislature, and approved by the voters by a vote of , to 47, on 8 June All of the states of the Deep South had now left the Union.

That same day, the Confederate Congress voted to move the capital to Richmond, Virginia. On May 23rd, citizens from eastern Virginia voted to join the Confederacy. Western Virginians wanted to remain in the Union. On April 29th, Maryland held a secession convention and delegates voted secession down 53 to Missouri held a secession convention in February at Jefferson City, but did not vote for secession.

Delaware had all but abolished slavery by Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri became buffer zones between the North and the South. All three of these states provided troops to the Confederacy. This was "The Bonnie Blue Flag" and follows:. This item was created by a contributor to eHistory prior to its affiliation with The Ohio State University. As such, it has not been reviewed for accuracy by the University and does not necessarily adhere to the University's scholarly standards.

Skip to main content. You are here Home » Articles. States Which Seceded. Michael Kirk. This was "The Bonnie Blue Flag" and follows: We are a band of brothers and native to the soil, Fighting for the property we gained through honest toil. And when our rights were threatened the cry rose near and far, Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star. Three cheers for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star. As long as the Union was faithful to her trust, Like friends and brethren, kind were we and just, But now when Northern treachery attempts our rights to mar, We hoist on high the Bonnie Blue flag that bears a single star.

Chorus First gallant South Carolina nobly made the stand, Then came Alabama and took her by the hand. Chorus Ye men of valor gather round the banner of the right, Texas and Louisiana join us in the fight. Davis, our beloved President, and Stephens statesmen are, Now rally round the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star. Impelled by her example, now other states prepare, To hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.

And rater than submit to shame, to die we would prefer, So cheer for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.