Because they were worried that Abraham Lincon would ruin our way of life. So if they became their own state then Abraham Lincon couldn't controll (tell them what to do) so they could keep the slaves.
The Southern states seceded from December of 1860 to April of 1861.
The upper southern states seceded when Lincoln was elected president of the United States.
who had been recently elected as president of the United States when the southern states seceded
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The Confederate States of America, or the C.S.A.
Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America was formed in February 1861 by seven states which had seceded from the Union.
Prior to the Civil War, southern states seceded to form their own country; the Confederate States of America.