![]() Similarly, Mississippi's "Declaration of the Immediate Causes. ![]() Its authors argue that Northern states were ignoring the rights of slave owners as identified by Congress and in the Constitution. When South Carolina seceded, it published "Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union." The document actually opposes states' rights. For example, two thirds of Americans-including most history teachers-think the Confederate States seceded for "states' rights." This error persists because most have never read the key documents about the Confederacy. Most Americans hold basic misconceptions about the Confederacy, the Civil War, and the actions of subsequent neo-Confederates. ![]()
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