MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · December 20
THE DAY IN HISTORY · DECEMBER 20
December 20 in history
1860 — Secession
20 Dec 1860 — South Carolina’s convention votes 169–0 to leave the Union, citing in its own declaration “an increasing hostility… to the institution of slavery.” Six more states follow by February.
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