Secession Revisited: The Texas Experience

Buenger, Walter L.

doi:10.1353/cwh.1984.0054

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“…104 But even before the popular vote was held, Texas sent delegates to participate in the formation of the Confederate States of America. 105 Meanwhile, the convention also empowered a newly formed Committee on Public Safety to seize all federal property in Texas, including the federal arsenal, and ordered the evacuation of three thousand federal troops in Texas. 106 The ordinance of secession ultimately passed by a wide margin in the popular vote, 107 but there was also evidence that voters with unionist sentiments were actively intimidated with threats of violence.…”

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Secession and Federalism in the United States: Tools for Managing Regional Conflict in a Pluralistic Society

Ryan

2016

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Secession and Federalism in the United States: Tools for Managing Regional Conflict in a Pluralistic Society

Ryan

2016

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Secession and Disunion

Woods¹

2019

The Cambridge History of the American Civil War

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The Political and Economic Geography of Southern Secession

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Jensen²

2020

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We study the economic and political determinants of the Southern secession movement of 1860/61. While economic historians emphasize the importance of slavery to the South’s economy as the primary factor behind the movement, we demonstrate the important role that political inequality among whites played in facilitating secession. In particular, secession was decided in state conventions, which allowed secessionists to exploit biases to representation and may have been pivotal in Alabama and Georgia. Our results suggest that the region’s investment in slavery alone may not be sufficient to explain the electoral success of the movement in the largest Lower South states.

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Secession Revisited: The Texas Experience

Cited by 5 publications

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Secession and Federalism in the United States: Tools for Managing Regional Conflict in a Pluralistic Society

Secession and Federalism in the United States: Tools for Managing Regional Conflict in a Pluralistic Society

Secession and Disunion

The Political and Economic Geography of Southern Secession

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