Constitutional convention at Montgomery, Alabama

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The Constitutional convention at Montgomery, Alabama was the 1861 gathering of delegates from seceded Southern states that established the Confederate government and framed its constitution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional convention ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Montgomery Constitutional Convention of 1861 ⓘ
Provisional Congress of the Confederate States (first session) ⓘ
chairperson Howell Cobb ⓘ
chronology occurred shortly before the outbreak of the American Civil War ⓘ
country Confederate States of America ⓘ
endDate 1861-03-11 ⓘ
followedBy Confederate Congress sessions at Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
hasMainPurpose to draft a provisional constitution for the Confederate States of America ⓘ
to establish a provisional government for the seceded Southern states ⓘ
to frame a permanent constitution for the Confederate States of America ⓘ
hasTheme protection of slavery ⓘ
secession ⓘ
states' rights ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked the formal creation of a rival national government to the United States ⓘ
served as the foundational constitutional moment for the Confederate States of America ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalOutcome enshrined the legality and protection of chattel slavery in Confederate constitutional law ⓘ
established a federal system similar to the U.S. Constitution with modifications favoring states' rights ⓘ
locatedIn Alabama ⓘ
United States (at the time of secession) ⓘ
location Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ
participant delegates from Alabama ⓘ
delegates from Florida ⓘ
delegates from Georgia ⓘ
delegates from Louisiana ⓘ
delegates from Mississippi ⓘ
delegates from South Carolina ⓘ
delegates from Texas ⓘ
delegates from other seceded Southern states that later joined the Confederacy ⓘ
partOf American Civil War era ⓘ
linked to: American Civil War

secession crisis of 1860–1861 ⓘ
precededBy secession of Southern slave states from the United States ⓘ
result adoption of the Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States of America ⓘ
adoption of the permanent Constitution of the Confederate States of America ⓘ
creation of the provisional government of the Confederate States of America ⓘ
election of Alexander H. Stephens as provisional vice president of the Confederate States of America ⓘ
election of Jefferson Davis as provisional president of the Confederate States of America ⓘ
selection of Montgomery, Alabama, as the first capital of the Confederate States of America ⓘ
significantEvent adoption of a constitution explicitly protecting slavery ⓘ
drafting of the Confederate States Constitution ⓘ
establishment of a provisional Confederate Congress ⓘ
formation of the Confederate States of America ⓘ
startDate 1861-02-04 ⓘ

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Constitution of the Confederate States of America → draftedBy → Constitutional convention at Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ
Constitutional convention at Montgomery, Alabama → alsoKnownAs → Montgomery Constitutional Convention of 1861 ⓘ
linked to: Constitutional convention at Montgomery, Alabama
Constitutional convention at Montgomery, Alabama → alsoKnownAs → Provisional Congress of the Confederate States (first session) ⓘ
linked to: Constitutional convention at Montgomery, Alabama
Alabama ordinance of secession → legislativeBody → Alabama state convention ⓘ
linked to: Constitutional convention at Montgomery, Alabama