Secession in Georgia and Alexander Stephens' Role

Secession in Georgia and Alexander Stephens' Role

                     Alexander Stephens was chosen as the vice president of the confederacy in 1861.  At first he did not support secession, he believed that the Compromise of 1850 was acceptable as long as the Fugitive Slave Act was passed and in place. Alexander Stephens decided that because cotton was one of the main crops of the South that slaves were required for a strong economy in the south. Slavery was one of the main reasons that many states seceded from the Union. In 1861 Georgia held a non-unanimous vote on whether they would seceded from the union or not. Alexander Stephens made the final decision that Georgia would secede from the Union.

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