1861/02/02

       The legislature of the Republic of Texas approves the Declaration of the Causes which Impel the State of Texas to Secede from the Federal Union:

We hold as undeniable truths that the governments of the various States, and of the confederacy itself, were established exclusively by the white race, for themselves and their posterity; that the African race had no agency in their establishment; that they were rightfully held and regarded as an inferior and dependent race, and in that condition only could their existence in this country be rendered beneficial or tolerable.

       [added 8/4/2026]

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Avalon Project – Confederate States of America – A Declaration of the Causes which Impel the State of Texas to Secede from the Federal Union
avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_texsec.asp

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