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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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