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Documents and Speeches Related to Georgia's Secession

Causes of Georgia's Secession

 
 

Georgia General Assembly Resolution of Feb. 6, 1850

Georgia General Assembly Act of Feb. 8, 1850

"Georgia Platform" of Dec. 10, 1850

Georgia Platform Article from New Georgia Encyclopedia

Robert Toombs' speech to the Georgia General Assembly, Nov. 13, 1860

Alexander Stephens' speech to the Georgia General Assembly, Nov. 14, 1860

Act of Ga. General Assembly appropriating $1,000,000 for Georgia's defense, Nov. 16, 1860

Act of Ga General Assembly authorizing secession convention, Nov. 21, 1860

Letter from Howell Cobb to the People of Georgia, Dec. 6, 1860 New

Governor Joseph Brown's open letter to the people of Georgia, Dec. 7, 1860

Address of William L. Harris of Mississippi to the Georgia General Assembly

Georgia General Assembly Resolution of Dec. 19, 1860

Response by President Lincoln to a letter from Alexander Stephens, Dec. 22, 1860

Resolutions on secession adopted in Floyd County, Georgia, 1861

Extract from Alexander Stephens speech at Georgia Secession Convention, Jan. 1861

Georgia's Ordinance of Secession, Jan. 19, 1861

Alexander Stephens' "Cornerstone" speech, March 21, 1861

Journal of the Public and Secret Proceedings of the Convention of the People of Georgia: Held in Milledgeville and Savannah in 1861, Together with the Ordinances Adopted

Secession Article from New Georgia Encyclopedia


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