Shorty after Abraham Lincoln's election, which southern state DID NOT leave the United States through an act of secession?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-16T17:21:24

West Virginia broke away from Virginia in 1863 and became a Union State.

Of the 15 Slave States

Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland and Missouri never declared secession.

Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia only declared secession after the Battle of Fort Sumter.

West Virginia broke away from Virginia in 1863 and became a Union State.

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