Henry Benning gave a fiery speech at Virginia’s secession convention explaining Georgia’s primary motivation for leaving the North: it was the only way to prevent the abolition of slavery. He saw no other way and believed that his audience would agree.

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1) “Richmond, VA, Front view of Capitol,” Author Unknown, Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, [ Ссылка ], public domain


2) “General Benning_3010” by James Emery, [ Ссылка ], CC BY 2.0


3) From “Get off the track!” song by Jesse Hutchinson and B.W. Thayer & Co., Library of Congress, [ Ссылка ], public domain


4) “First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation,” Francis Bicknell Carpenter, U.S. Senate Collection, [ Ссылка ], public domain


5) “The United States Senate, A.D. 1850,” Drawn by Peter F. Rothermel, engraved by Robert Whitechurch, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, [ Ссылка ], public domain


6) “The Underground Railroad,.” Charles T. Webber, 1893, Cincinnati Art Museum, American Paintings, Sculptures, and Drawings, [ Ссылка ], public domain


7) “History Map of the United States: The Secession,” University of Texas at Austin, from the Cambridge Modern History Atlas, 1912, [ Ссылка ], public domain

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