Institute Hall | History of SC Slide Collection

The National Democratic nominating convention in session at Institute Hall in Charleston on April 28, 1860. The convention was unable to bridge the differences between northern and southern wings of the party, and when radical southern delegates walked out, the convention adjourned. The southern Democrats later nominated John C. Breckenridge of Tennessee, while the northerners nominated Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. This split in the Democratic Party ensured the victory of Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate. From "Harper's Weekly."

Courtesy of the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.

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• This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into the continuities and changes experienced by Americans of various genders, positions, races, and social status during the Civil War.
  • This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into the relationship between the Civil War and the experiences of women, African Americans, and the planter class in South Carolina.
• This indicator was designed to encourage inquiry into the continuities and changes of the experiences of marginalized groups such as African Americans, Native Americans and women, as the U.S. expanded westward and grappled with the development of new states.
  • This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into the debates, heightened by Westward Expansion, over federal and state power concerning slavery, and the government’s role in protecting and securing natural rights.