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South Carolina, United States
Thursday Dec 20, 1860
USA civil war
South Carolina was separated from the United States
South Carolina, United States
Thursday Dec 20, 1860
The election of Lincoln provoked the legislature of South Carolina to call a state convention to consider secession. Before the war, South Carolina did more than any other Southern state to advance the notion that a state had the right to nullify federal laws, and even to secede from the United States. The convention unanimously voted to secede on December 20, 1860, and adopted a secession declaration.

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U.S.
Friday Dec 21, 1860
Abraham Lincoln
South Carolina took the lead by adopting an ordinance of secession
U.S.
Friday Dec 21, 1860
On December 20, 1860, South Carolina took the lead by adopting an ordinance of secession.

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