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Slave states seteding before outbreak of war
Slave states secedin~ after outbre:lk of w~.

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                                                              .. THE PATTERN OF SECESSION Led by SOUtll Carolina, the Deep South seceded betWeeric.::::li~;.;:: :..incoln's election in November and his inauguration in March. The Upper South didn?,t; ';-:,:;fe;; ~cede until after the firing- on F art Sumter. The four border slave states never seceded ~~,.;:::~:: emained in the Ul1ion throughout the war. As the map indicates, secession sentiment c~~.~';i',)':\;:~;
        strongest in states where the highest percentage of white families owned slaves.. '::.' ;~:~[i~~!::;:: --

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           U:nion-held
           territorie~
(14 5) Percentage of white .falnilies o,vning slave~

Sl;1ve states remaining loyal to Union

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(3.8)

* Recog~zed as ioyal Virginia governmen~ 1861 Admitted to Union as a separate state, 1863..

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