Right of blood.
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The force of events moved very quickly upon the election of Lincoln. South Carolina acted first, calling for a convention to secede from the Union. State by state, conventions were held, and the Confederacy was formed. Within three months of Lincoln's election, seven states had seceded from the Union.
First the act proclaimed 'that all persons born in the USA are hereby declared citizens. Second the act specifically defines the rights of American citizenship. Third the act made it unlawful to deprive a person of any of these rights of citizenship on the basis of race color or prior condition of slavery or involuntary servitude.
