Cornerstone Speech
1861 speech by Alexander H. Stephens / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Cornerstone Speech, also known as the Cornerstone Address, was an oration given by Alexander H. Stephens, acting Vice President of the Confederate States of America, at the Athenaeum in Savannah, Georgia, on March 21, 1861.[1]
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Date | March 21, 1861; 163 years ago (1861-03-21) |
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Location | The Athenaeum, Savannah, Georgia |
Participants | Alexander H. Stephens |
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The improvised speech, delivered a few weeks before the Civil War began, defended slavery as a fundamental and just result of the supposed inferiority of the black race, explained the fundamental differences between the constitutions of the Confederate States and that of the United States, enumerated contrasts between Union and Confederate ideologies, and laid out the Confederacy's rationale for seceding.