Alabama Secession Convention

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical event
gptkbp:contributedTo Civil_War_battles_in_Alabama
gptkbp:controversy Federal authority
Economic interests
State rights
gptkbp:date January 1861
gptkbp:discusses Social issues
Economic policies
Political representation
Constitutionality of secession
gptkbp:duration Several weeks
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Formation_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America
gptkbp:governs gptkb:John_Gill_Shorter
gptkbp:historical_analysis Studied_in_Civil_War_history
gptkbp:historicalContext Tensions over slavery
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Alabama Secession Convention
gptkbp:impact Set precedent for other states
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Fort_Sumter_incident
Southern_secessionist_sentiment
gptkbp:is_a_document_that Ordinance of Secession
gptkbp:is_a_source_of Historical accounts
Convention records
gptkbp:led_to Military_actions_in_Alabama
gptkbp:legacy Cultural references in literature
Debate over federalism
Cultural references in music
Cultural references in film
Debate over state's rights
Impact on Reconstruction era
Influence on Civil Rights movement
Influence on future state conventions
Impact_on_American_politics
Symbol_of_Southern_resistance
Influence_on_Southern_identity
Commemoration_in_Alabama_history
Study_in_American_history_courses
gptkbp:location gptkb:Montgomery,_Alabama
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:William_Lowndes_Yancey
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gptkbp:operational_status February 1861
gptkbp:outcome Joined_the_Confederacy
gptkbp:participants Delegates_from_Alabama
gptkbp:precededBy Election of 1860
gptkbp:related_to Secession crisis
Other state secession conventions
gptkbp:result Alabama's_secession_from_the_Union
gptkbp:significance Part_of_the_American_Civil_War