Secession
"Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better."

                                     Abraham Lincoln
                                                       1848
Did or did not the Southern states have the right of secession in a free society?  The following links will take you to pieces by those who think they did, and why.
On Secession and Southern Independence
The Case for Southern Secession (Again?)
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