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Episode 6 of 8

Secession Efforts Fail in Eight Slave States

When
by February 1861
Where
slave states where secession failed
Part of
Secession Winter and the Founding of the Confederacy, January–February 1861

While seven Deep South states seceded, secession efforts failed in the other eight slave states by February 1861.

After intense debates and statewide votes, seven Deep South states passed secession ordinances by February 1861, while secession efforts failed in the other eight slave states. Delaware, a slave state that remained in the Union, exemplified this failure of secession outside the Deep South. The refusal of these states to join the initial secession cascade contrasted with the seven that formed the Confederate States of America.

Sources

  1. Confederate States of America Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-04

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