Republic of South Carolina
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{{Infobox Former Country
|native_name =
|conventional_long_name = Republic of South Carolina
|common_name = South Carolina
|continent = North America
|region =
|country = USA
|status =
|empire =
|era =
|year_start = 1860
|date_start = December 20
|year_end = 1861
|date_end = February 8
|p1 = United States of America
|flag_p1 = US flag 33 stars.svg
|s1 = Confederate States of America
|flag_s1 = CSA FLAG 4.3.1861-21.5.1861.svg
|national_motto = [[Dum spiro spero]]
|image_flag = Flag of South Carolina.svg
|image_map = Map of USA SC.svg
|image_map_caption = Map of the Republic of South Carolina inside the United States
|common_languages = [[English language|English]] ([[de facto]])
|capital = [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]]
|leader1 =
|title_leader =
|government_type = Republic
|currency =
|stat_pop1 = 703,708
|stat_year1 = 1860
}}
The '''Republic of South Carolina''' is a term for the [[U.S. State|State]] of [[South Carolina]] as it existed from [[December 20]], [[1860]] (when it seceded from the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]]) to [[February 8]], [[1861]] (when it joined the other Southern States in the [[Confederate States of America]]).
By a unanimous vote of 169-0 in a special State convention held in Columbia, South Carolina chose to secede from the Federal Union. It adapted the [[Flag of South Carolina|palmetto flag]] as its national banner.
After South Carolina seceded in 1860, former congressman [[James L. Petigru]] famously remarked, "South Carolina is too small for a republic and too large for an insane asylum." Soon after seceding, South Carolina began preparing for a presumed Federal military response while working to convince other Southern States to secede as well and join in a Confederacy of Southern republics. Today the term is used by those who support independence for the State.
==See also==
* [[History of South Carolina]]
* [[Origins of the American Civil War]]
==External links==
* [http://republicofsc.wordpress.com/ Republic of South Carolina]
* [http://www.FreeSCRepublic.com Free SC Republic]
[[Category:History of South Carolina]]
[[Category:Secession crisis of 1860-1861]]
[[Category:South Carolina in the American Civil War]]