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We, the people of the State of Florida, in convention assembled, do solemnly
ordain, publish, and declare, That the State of Florida hereby withdraws
herself from the confederacy of States existing under the name of the United
States of America and from the existing Government of the said States; and
that all political connection between her and the Government of said States
ought to be, and the same is hereby, totally annulled, and said Union of
States dissolved; and the State of Florida is hereby declared a sovereign and
independent nation; and that all ordinances heretofore adopted, in so far as
they create or recognize said Union, are rescinded; and all laws or parts of laws in force in this
State, in so far as they recognize or assent to said Union, be, and they are hereby, repealed.
Passed 10 Jan 1861
