[Crim]

Only 4?

[ought-six]

Only 4 what?

[ought-six]

Oh, I see what you are referring to.

Yes, only four. Read the Articles and Acts of Secession.

It is a common misperception that all the seceding states listed slavery as the reason for their secession. Just as it is a common misperception that the Emancipation Proclamation actually freed someone.