Editorial: There is one thing the Declaration of Secession makes abundantly clear: slavery is the prominent reason Mississippi seceded.
On Confederate Memorial Day, an honest annotation of the Mississippi Declaration of Secession by Michael Guidry, Mississippi Today April 29, 2024 Today, Mississippi officially recognizes Confederate Memorial Day as the anchor of Gov. Tate Reeves-proclaimed Confederate Heritage Month. Mississippi is one of just four states to still officially recognize the state holiday, which has been granted under gubernatorial proclamations from the past five governors.
Reading of the Mississippi Declaration of Secession The Declaration of Secession was the result of a convention of the Mississippi Legislature in January of 1861. The convention adopted a formal Ordinance of Secession written by former Congressman Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar. While the ordinance served an official purpose, the declaration laid out the grievances Mississippi’s ruling class held against the federal government under the leadership of President-elect Abraham Lincoln.
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