"Slavery, Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens proudly affirmed, was the cornerstone of the Confederacy. Accordingly, slavery's disintegration compelled the Confederate government to take steps to preserve the institution."

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Democratic Party (United States) politiciansMembers of the United States House of RepresentativesWhig Party (United States) politiciansGovernors of GeorgiaConfederates
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Eric Foner, "The South's Inner Civil War: The more fiercely the Confederacy fought for its independence, the more bitterly divided it became. To fully understand the vast changes the war unleashed on the country, you must first understand the plight of the Southerners who didn't want secession" (March 1989), American Heritage, Volume 40, Issue 2