South Carolina declares its secession from the…

December 1860 CE

South Carolina declares its secession from the Union on December 20, 1860, becoming the first state to do so, in protest against Lincoln's election.

The South Carolina Legislature unanimously adopts the Ordinance of Secession, declaring the “Union now subsisting between South Carolina and the other States, under the name of 'United States of America,' is hereby dissolved.”

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