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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00719 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 |
| Title | The Address of the People of South Carolina, assembled in convention, to the people of the slave states of the United States |
| Date | 1860 |
| Author | Rhett, Robert Barnwell (1800-1876) |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Concerns South Carolina seceding from the Union and encouraging other slaveholding states to join in forming a confederacy. Printed by order of the convention by Evans & Cogswell, Charleston, South Carolina. No wrappers. |
| Subjects | African American History Slavery Secession Government and Civics Confederate General or Leader Confederate States of America Military History Civil War |
| People | Rhett, Robert Barnwell (1800-1876) |
| Place written | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Theme | Slavery & Abolition; The American Civil War; African Americans; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Rhett was a South Carolina lawyer, state legislator, state attorney general, U.S. representative, and U.S. senator. He was a member of the South Carolina secession convention in 1860. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |