A Declaration of the Immediate Causes which Induce and Justify the Secession of the State of Mississippi from the Federal
Union
In the momentous step, which our State has taken of dissolving its connection with the government of which we so long formed a part,
it is but just that we should declare the prominent reasons which have induced our course.
Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery - the greatest material interest of the world. Its labor supplies the
product, which constitutes by far the largest and most important portions of commerce of the earth. These products are peculiar to the
climate verging on the tropical regions, and by an imperious law of nature, none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical
sun. These products have become necessities of the world, and a blow at slavery is a blow at commerce and civilization. That blow has
been long aimed at the institution, and was at the point of reaching its consummation. There was no choice left us but submission to the
mandates of abolition, or a dissolution of the Union, whose principles had been subverted to work out our ruin.
17) We can assume that this declaration was written around...
A The Civil War
B. The Revolutionary War
C. World War 1
D. World War 2
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