They all say they want slaves, and they all say it right at the top.
Example: Mississippi, sentence two:
Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery-- the greatest material interest of the world. Its labor supplies the product which constitutes by far the largest and most important portions of commerce of the earth. These products are peculiar to the climate verging on the tropical regions, and by an imperious law of nature, none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical sun
We don’t how to guess about what their reasons for secession were. They told us, in writing.