So did South Carolina (or the states that followed) ever actually attempt to negotiate their secession before deciding "bawwwww Lincoln won, we're leaving now?"
>>1778040
reminder that we objectively settled that the southerners rebelled over slavery
>>1778262
okay
I don't think that's in question here
>>1778040
They actually tried.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Conference_of_1861
It obviously did not work at all.
Yeah for like a hundred years. The civil war didn't just up and happen. There was a consistent cultural and political divide within the country that intensified conflict.
>>1778901
So in 1770 they were saying "Hey, we want to leave the Union and we're prepared to meet your conditions for doing so, including paying you for all of the land we're taking and everything thereon?"