1. From Oppressed Slaves to Champion Soldiers
Many Southerners favored secession as part of the idea that the states have rights and powers which the federal government cannot legally deny. The supporters of states' rights held that the national government was a league of independent states, any of which had the right to secede. ... over all departments of Government and now, as our reward, this slave-holding power comes with sword, gun, and cannon to take the life of the nation and overthrow the great American Government (Long 26). ... It is ironic that only a few days before Fort Sumter was attacked, Douglass had agreed to make ...
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