William Lowndes Yancey's sash
Attorney and newspaper publisher William Lowndes Yancey personified the movement for secession in the late antebellum period. He rose to national prominence in 1848 by advocating for the pro-southern "Alabama Platform" at the Democratic National Convention. In 1860, he led the walkout that...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/museum/id/4 |