Cobb's Speech on Secession

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Properties (45)
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gptkbp:instanceOf speech
gptkbp:addresses Northern aggression
gptkbp:advocatesFor immediate secession
gptkbp:analyzes Constitutional rights
the role of slavery in politics
gptkbp:associated_with Howell_Cobb's_political_career
gptkbp:audience gptkb:Congress
gptkbp:author gptkb:Howell_Cobb
gptkbp:callsFor unity_among_Southern_states
gptkbp:context gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:contributedTo understanding_of_Civil_War_causes
gptkbp:date 1860
gptkbp:delivers gptkb:House_of_Representatives
gptkbp:description Southern_grievances
gptkbp:discusses economic reasons for secession
gptkbp:documentType political speech
gptkbp:emphasizes Southern_identity
gptkbp:format written text
gptkbp:historical_significance pivotal_moment_in_U.S._history
gptkbp:historicalContext pre-Civil War America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cobb's Speech on Secession
gptkbp:impact increased_tensions_between_North_and_South
gptkbp:influence Southern_states
gptkbp:influenced Southern_political_thought
gptkbp:inspiration future secessionist leaders
gptkbp:internationalClassification divided opinions
gptkbp:is a primary source document.
gptkbp:is_part_of secessionist movement
political discourse of the time
gptkbp:is_studied_in historical literature
gptkbp:is_used_in historical analyses
gptkbp:keyFunction states' rights
preservation of slavery
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:legacy debate over secession
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:maintainedBy historical archives
gptkbp:notableQuote 'The Union is not worth preserving.'
gptkbp:notableWork secession
gptkbp:outcome formation_of_the_Confederacy
gptkbp:public_perception radical by some contemporaries
gptkbp:reflects Southern_fears
gptkbp:relatedEvent Secession crisis
gptkbp:relatedTo other secession speeches
gptkbp:significance justification for secession