by James Pollock (Author)
SECESSION - Founding Documents of the Confederacy is a compilation of the declarations and documents that established the Confederate States of America. Speeches by the president and vice president of the Confederacy illuminate the spirit of the times from a distinctly southern perspective. Illustrated with contemporaneous wood engravings, photographs, paintings and maps, this anthology lays out the ideas and arguments that formed the deep philosophical underpinnings of a nation - ideas that over 600,000 Americans died to defend or destroy. In this volume you will find: State Declarations of Causes that Impel and Justify Secession from the Federal Union State Ordinances of Secession Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America President Jefferson Davis' Inaugural Address Constitution of the Confederate States of America Vice President Alexander Stephens' Cornerstone Speech