In which we continue our discussion of secession by asking if the southern states had a right to secede, or if secession was rebellion.  Then, we look at the message the secession commissioners spread throughout the South in late 1860/early 1861. 

Plus, there’s a special announcement at the end of this episode!

Our book recommendation for this episode is Apostles of Disunion: Southern Secession Commissioners and the Causes of the Civil War by Charles B. Dew.

“This incisive history should dispel the pernicious notion that the Confederacy fought the Civil War to advance the constitutional principle of states’ rights and only coincidentally to preserve slavery.” ~ Allen D. Boyer, New York Times Book Review

Listen to Episode 24: RebellionSugarcoated