Creating the United States

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The victory in the 1860 presidential election of Republican Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), who was widely believed to favor the abolition of slavery, triggered demands for secession from the United States throughout the southern states. On December 20, 1860, a South Carolina convention elected to consider secession voted unanimously in favor of it. Within minutes of the vote, this Charleston Mercury Extra was published.
The victory in the 1860 presidential election of Republican Abraham Lincoln (1809&ndash;1865), who was widely believed to favor the abolition of slavery, triggered demands for secession from the United States throughout the southern states. On December 20, 1860, a South Carolina convention elected to consider secession voted unanimously in favor of it. Within minutes of the vote, this Charleston <em>Mercury</em> Extra was published.