U.S. History (OpenStax): Chapter 14Corbett, P.S., Janssen, V., Lund, J.M., Pfannestiel, T., Waskiewicz, S., & Vickery, P. (2014). U.S. history. Open Stax. https://openstax.org/details/books/us-history
U.S. History (OpenStax): Chapter 15Corbett, P.S., Janssen, V., Lund, J.M., Pfannestiel, T., Waskiewicz, S., & Vickery, P. (2014). U.S. history. Open Stax. https://openstax.org/details/books/us-history
Houston, S. (1943). The writings of sam houston volume VIII, April 1825 to july 1863. The University of Texas Press. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015027787111?urlappend=%3Bseq=327%3Bownerid=13510798882227428-357
Read pages 295 through 299 (Speech at Brenham, March 31, 1861)
National Constitution Center. (1860). South Carolina declaration of secession (1860) National Consitution Center. https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/south-carolina-declaration-of-secession-1860#:~:text=We%2C%20therefore%2C%20the%20People%20of%20South%20Carolina%2C%20by%20our,and%20that%20the%20State%20of