Ordinance to Dissolve the Union between the State of Alabama and other states united under the compact styled "The Constitution of the United States of America" Broadside
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4028
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a lithographic copy of the State of Alabama's ordinance that severed its ties with the United States on January 11, 1861.
Dates
- 1861 January 11
Biographical / Historical
After the failure of the National Democratic Convention to adopt the "Alabama Platform" (which declared that neither Congress nor the government of a territory had the right to interfere with slavery in a territory) and the election of Abraham Lincoln, Alabama governor Andrew B. Moore, as instructed previously by the state legislature, immediately called a state convention. Although there was some opposition to secession, mainly in the northern part of the state, on January 11, 1861, in Montgomery, Alabama, the State of Alabama adopted the ordinances of secession.
Extent
2 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Overview
Alabama's ordinance of secession, 1861
Provenance
purchased from Bartleby's Books, 2014
General
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Processed by
Martha Bace, 2014
Source
- Bartleby's Books (Bookseller, Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the "Ordinance to Dissolve the Union between the State of Alabama and ... the United States of America" Broadside
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- September 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections Repository