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3h 22min, dec 20, 1860 y - South Carolina secedes from union

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South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860. South Carolina adopted the Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Justified the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union on December 20, 1860.

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3h 22min, dec 20, 1860 y
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~ 165 years ago