South Carolina seceded prior to the start of the American Civil War, but it was the first state to do so.
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union.
Texas was a southern state during the Civil War.
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri were four slave states that did not secede from the Union. West Virginia, another slave state, seceded from Virginia and joined the Union during the Civil War. it was 4 that didn't secede from the union.
there isn't really a name for them, they are like any state but they have slavery. you could call them southern slave states or slave states, or southern states...... there is no definition for slave states that didnt secede proir to the civil war
South Carolina was the first Confederate state to secede, on December 20, 1860. Five more states seceded in January (Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana), and Texas in February, with the remainder (Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina) following the outbreak of hostilities (April-May).
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it was the first state to secede.
South Carolina was the first Southern state to secede, on December 20, 1860. (see related question)
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South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860.
On January 10, 1860, Florida seceded from the Union. Florida was the first State to do so. Later that year South Carolina became the second State to do so.
South Carolina on December 20, 1860
There was no official way that a state could secede, so the question was tested by the Civil War. That war determined that a state could not secede. There is a possible exception to this, as many people believe the Constitution of the State of Vermont retains the right for that state to secede.