Georgia Secession Convention

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical event
gptkbp:aftermath Civil_War_battles_in_Georgia
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Confederate_government
gptkbp:controversy Slavery
gptkbp:date January 1861
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Formation_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America
gptkbp:historical_figure gptkb:Thomas_R._R._Cobb
gptkb:John_C._Breckinridge
gptkb:John_B._Gordon
gptkb:Linton_Stephens
gptkb:Joseph_E._Brown
gptkb:William_H._Stiles
gptkb:Alexander_H._Stephens
gptkb:Henry_L._Benning
gptkb:James_Jackson
gptkb:John_W._Lewis
gptkb:Robert_A._Toombs
gptkb:Benjamin_H._Hill
Herschel V. Johnson
gptkbp:historical_significance Controversial among historians
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:Southern_states'_secession
gptkbp:historicalSignificance gptkb:Georgia's_Declaration_of_Causes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Georgia Secession Convention
gptkbp:impact Led to Civil War
gptkbp:influenced States'_rights_ideology
gptkbp:is_a_document_that Ordinance of Secession
gptkbp:is_a_source_of Convention minutes
gptkbp:isStudiedIn March 1861
gptkbp:keyPeople Union vs. Confederacy
gptkbp:legacy Symbol_of_Southern_resistance
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Confederate_Constitution
gptkbp:location gptkb:Milledgeville,_Georgia
gptkbp:notableFeature approximately 200
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:Joseph_E._Brown
gptkb:Benjamin_Hill
gptkb:Robert_Toombs
gptkbp:outcome 208 to 89 in favor of secession
gptkbp:performedBy gptkb:Governor_Joseph_E._Brown
gptkbp:precededBy Election of 1860
gptkbp:public_perception Pro-secession majority
gptkbp:related_to Secession crisis
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:South_Carolina_Secession
gptkbp:result Secession_from_the_United_States
gptkbp:session January 16 to March 1861
gptkbp:significance Part_of_the_American_Civil_War