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• Confederate States of America - A Declaration of the Causes which Impel the State of Texas to Secede from the Federal Union

  From the Avalon Project, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School.

• Confederate States of America - Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union

  From the Avalon Project, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School.

• Confederate States of America - Georgia Secession

  From the Avalon Project, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School.

• Confederate States of America - Mississippi Secession

  From the Avalon Project, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School.

• Constitution of the Confederate States; March 11, 1861

  From the Avalon Project, Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School.

• Cornerstone Speech

  Savannah, Georgia, March 21, 1861, By Alexander H. Stephens.

• DPLA - Secession of the Southern States

• Library of Congress - Slavery, Secession, and States’ Rights

  From Fordham University.

• Modern History Sourcebook: Alexander H. Stephens (1812-1883): Cornerstone Address, March 21, 1861

  From Fordham University.

• National Constitution Center - Secession, the Confederate Flag, and Slavery

• Secession in the United States (Wikipedia)

• The Decision to Secede and Establish the Confederacy: A Selection of Primary Sources

• The Declaration of Causes of Seceding States - Primary Sources

  Text for Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia.

• The Reasons for Secession: A Documentary Study

  By John Pierce for the American Battlefield Trust.