In the late 1850s,so-called fire-eaters like Robert Barnwell Rhett of South Carolina and William Lowndes Yancey of Alabama

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Fire-eaters like Robert Barnwell Rhett of South Carolina and William Lowndes Yancey of Alabama were proponents of secession and actively worked to promote it. They saw the federal government as a threat to their states' rights and believed that Southern states should leave the Union to protect their interests.

In the Late 1850s,so-Called Fire-Eaters Like Robert Barnwell Rhett of South