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South Carolina Declaration of Secession
South Carolina Declaration of Secession
These are adaptations, not the original. The original wording is always shown first. Each adapted version restates the same passage at about a grade 4, grade 7, or grade 10 reading level without adding or removing ideas. Quote the original in student writing.
Original wording
“…an increasing hostility on the part of the non-slaveholding States to the institution of slavery, has led to a disregard of their obligations…”
Adapted · about grade 4
The states without slavery have grown more against it. So they stopped keeping their promises.
Adapted · about grade 7
Growing hostility to slavery in the non-slaveholding states has led them to ignore their duties.
Adapted · about grade 10
Increasing hostility among the non-slaveholding states toward slavery has led them to disregard their constitutional obligations.
Used in: What caused the Civil War?