[righthand man]

THE ARTICLES OF SECESSION

We the people of the State of Georgia in Convention assembled do declare and ordain and it is hereby declared and ordained that the ordinance adopted by the State of Georgia in convention on the 2nd day of Jany. in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the constitution of the United States of America was assented to, ratified and adopted, and also all acts and parts of acts of the general assembly of this State, ratifying and adopting amendments to said constitution, are hereby repealed, rescinded and abrogated.

We do further declare and ordain that the union now existing between the State of Georgia and other States under the name of the United States of America is hereby dissolved, and that the State of Georgia is in full possession and exercise of all those rights of sovereignty which belong and appertain to a free and independent State.
DON'T SEE A WORD ABOUT SLAVERY

[stand watie]

IF you were a slaveowner in 1861 and only about 5-6% of southerners were, then the preservation of slavery was really important to you.

otoh, for the rest of southerners, the WBTS was just about one MAIN cause= dixie FREEDOM!

that is STILL true.

free dixie,sw

[general_re]

DON'T SEE A WORD ABOUT SLAVERY

Georgia Declaration of Causes of Secession - you may find it mentioned once or twice in there. Or one or two dozen times....

[Non-Sequitur]

DON'T SEE A WORD ABOUT SLAVERY

Try reading the declarations of the causes of secession, located Here. They are the southern equivilent of the Declaration of Independence, and defense of slavery is the single most often reason given for the rebellion.