- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Secession Ordinance
- Creator:
- Georgia Legislator
- Date of Original:
- 1861
- Subject:
- Secession--Georgia
Congresses and conventions--Georgia--Milledgeville
Legal documents--Georgia
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Baldwin County, Milledgeville, 33.08014, -83.2321
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- On January 21, 1861, the ordinance of secession was publicly signed in a ceremony by Georgia politicians. Two days earlier, delegates to a convention in Milledgeville voted 208 to 89 for the state to secede from the Union.
Image of the ordinance of secession that was publicly signed in a ceremony by Georgia politicians on January 21, 1861. Two days earlier, delegates to a convention in Milledgeville voted, 208 to 89, for the state to secede from the Union. Georgia's secession from the Union followed nearly two decades of increasingly intense sectional conflict over the status of slavery in western territories and over the future of slavery in the United States. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/civil-war-dissent/m-2431/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia
Georgia Legislator
Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/georgia-secession-convention-1861
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/secession
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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