Alabama ordinance of secession
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The Alabama ordinance of secession was the 1861 legislative act by which Alabama formally withdrew from the United States to join the Confederate States of America at the outset of the Civil War.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical document
ⓘ
ordinance ⓘ secession ordinance ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Alabama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
State of Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archivedIn | Alabama Department of Archives and History NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologyPosition | one of the early secession ordinances of the Deep South states ⓘ |
| conflictContext | American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateAdopted | 1861-01-11 ⓘ |
| dateEffective | 1861-01-11 ⓘ |
| follows |
South Carolina ordinance of secession
ⓘ
election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 ⓘ |
| genre | legal text ⓘ |
| governmentInvolved | State government of Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasType | unilateral declaration of secession ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | American Civil War era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalForm | ordinance ⓘ |
| legalStatusAtTime | binding act of the Alabama convention ⓘ |
| legislativeBody |
Alabama Secession Convention
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alabama state convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationAdopted |
Montgomery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Montgomery, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Unionists in Alabama ⓘ |
| partOf |
Confederate secession movement
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
secession of Southern states ⓘ |
| purpose |
to join the Confederate States of America
ⓘ
to withdraw Alabama from the United States of America ⓘ |
| relatedDocument | Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of the State of Alabama from the Federal Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
formation of the Confederate States of America
ⓘ
outbreak of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| relatedPlace |
Confederate States of America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
Alabama joined the Confederate States of America
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alabama seceded from the United States ⓘ |
| significance |
contributed to the formation of the Confederate States of America
ⓘ
marked Alabama’s formal withdrawal from the Union ⓘ |
| startPointOf | Alabama as a Confederate state ⓘ |
| topic |
secession
ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ states’ rights ⓘ |
| yearAdopted | 1861 ⓘ |
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