... for the South had become a necessary counter revolution to get out of the union with the new aggressive North. (Hume, Video Lecture 6; and McPherson, Chapter 3) Mary Boykin Chesnut of South Carolina wrote in her diary: December 6 [1860]. To day the election for delagates to the [Secession] Convention comes off ... expansion was vital to the survival of slavery they also felt their way of life was being threatened. Because slavery was such a substantial part of Southern society, the South felt that they could not survive without it. Therefore they were not willing to compromise with the N...

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