South Carolina gala marks 150 years after secession, sparks debate on slavery. Dec. 20, 2010— -- It's been 150 years since South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union ahead of ...

In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. Charleston has always been a city that stands for something--a defiant port, a rebellion's ...

Changing views of slavery in the United States south: the role of Eugene D. Genovese / Robert William Fogel and Stanley L. Engerman -- The problem of slavery / David Brion Davis -- The drivers shall ...

(AP) The head of the Confederate League of the South says an advertising company has removed a highway billboard that advocated a Southern secession from the United States. Michael Hill is president ...

KHARTOUM/JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - North and south Sudan have agreed to form a demilitarized buffer zone at their joint border to defuse tensions ahead of southern secession on July 9, the African Union ...