Republic of South Carolina
- Republic of South Carolina
Infobox Former Country
native_name =
conventional_long_name = Republic of South Carolina
common_name = South Carolina
continent = North America
region =
country = USA
status =
empire =
era =
year_start = 1860
date_start = December 20
year_end = 1861
date_end = February 8
p1 = United States of America
flag_p1 = US flag 33 stars.svg
s1 = Confederate States of America
flag_s1 = CSA FLAG 4.3.1861-21.5.1861.svg
national_motto = Dum spiro spero
image_map_caption = Map of the Republic of South Carolina inside the United States
common_languages = English (de facto)
capital = Columbia
leader1 =
title_leader =
government_type = Republic
currency =
stat_pop1 = 703,708
stat_year1 = 1860
The Republic of South Carolina is a term for the State of South Carolina as it existed from December 20, 1860 (when it seceded from the Union) to February 8, 1861 (when it joined the other Southern States in the Confederate States of America).
By a unanimous vote of 169-0 in a special State convention held in Columbia, South Carolina chose to secede from the Federal Union. It adapted the palmetto flag as its national banner.
After South Carolina seceded in 1860, former congressman James L. Petigru famously remarked, "South Carolina is too small for a republic and too large for an insane asylum." Soon after seceding, South Carolina began preparing for a presumed Federal military response while working to convince other Southern States to secede as well and join in a Confederacy of Southern republics. Today the term is used by those who support independence for the State.
ee also
* History of South Carolina
* Origins of the American Civil War
External links
* [http://republicofsc.wordpress.com/ Republic of South Carolina]
* [http://www.FreeSCRepublic.com Free SC Republic]
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