The Southern Confederate States seceded from the Union in order to preserve various states’ rights, including the right to maintain the institution of slavery.
Civil War Begins
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African Studies 1109 – Black Women's Lives as the History of Africana Studies: 18th and 19th Century
Fall 2019 – Professors Casselberry & Chakkalakal
The Southern Confederate States seceded from the Union in order to preserve various states’ rights, including the right to maintain the institution of slavery.