[Bubba Ho-Tep]

You have admitted and established the fact that some of the original assertions of the early posters on this thread about the Ordinances of Secession were factually wrong.

People tend to confuse the ordinances, which shed little light, with the declarations issued by the same people at the same time, which shed a great deal of light, as do the debates of the secession conventions.

Now, are you going to explain why your position that "the official statements of the secession conventions were those approved by the people" applies to the ordinances and not the declarations, or will you continue to obfuscate?

[PeaRidge]

Actually the result of my answer is very clear.......none of the Ordinances of Secession contains language that supports any assertion about slavery.