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Virginia Ordinance of Secession

Virginia Ordinance of Secession, April 17, 1861. This ordinance shall take effect, and be an act of this day when ratified by a majority of the votes of the people of this State, cast at a poll to be taken thereon, on the fourth Thursday in May next
April 17, 1861

An Ordinance to Repeal the Ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America by the State of Virginia and to resume all the rights and powers granted under said Constitution.

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