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In early antebellum Arkansas, the southeast Arkansas slave-based economy developed rapidly. On the eve of the American Civil War in 1860, enslaved African Americans numbered 111,115 people, just over 25% of the state's population.<ref>[http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/php/state.php Historical Census Browser, 1860 US Census, University of Virginia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823030234/http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/php/state.php |date=August 23, 2007 }}. Retrieved March 21, 2008.</ref> A plantation system based largely on cotton agriculture developed that, after the war, kept the state and region behind the nation for decades.<ref>Arnold et al. 2002, p. 135.</ref> The wealth developed among planters of southeast Arkansas caused a political rift between the northwest and southeast.<ref name="bol">Bolton 1999, p. 22.</ref> | In early antebellum Arkansas, the southeast Arkansas slave-based economy developed rapidly. On the eve of the American Civil War in 1860, enslaved African Americans numbered 111,115 people, just over 25% of the state's population.<ref>[http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/php/state.php Historical Census Browser, 1860 US Census, University of Virginia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070823030234/http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/histcensus/php/state.php |date=August 23, 2007 }}. Retrieved March 21, 2008.</ref> A plantation system based largely on cotton agriculture developed that, after the war, kept the state and region behind the nation for decades.<ref>Arnold et al. 2002, p. 135.</ref> The wealth developed among planters of southeast Arkansas caused a political rift between the northwest and southeast.<ref name="bol">Bolton 1999, p. 22.</ref> | ||
Many politicians were elected to office from [[The Family (Arkansas politics)|the Family]], the Southern rights political force in antebellum Arkansas. Residents generally wanted to avoid a civil war. When the Gulf states seceded in early 1861, delegates to a convention called to determine whether Arkansas should secede referred the question back to the voters for a referendum to be held in August.<ref name="bol" /> Arkansas did not secede until | Many politicians were elected to office from [[The Family (Arkansas politics)|the Family]], the Southern rights political force in antebellum Arkansas. Residents generally wanted to avoid a civil war. When the Gulf states seceded in early 1861, delegates to a convention called to determine whether Arkansas should secede referred the question back to the voters for a referendum to be held in August.<ref name="bol" /> Arkansas did not secede until Abraham Lincoln demanded Arkansas troops be sent to [[Fort Sumter]] to quell [[Battle of Fort Sumter|the rebellion there]]. On May 6, the members of the state convention, having been recalled by the convention president, voted to terminate Arkansas's membership in the Union and join the [[Confederate States of America]].<ref name="bol" /> | ||
[[File:Cannons from Battle of Pea Ridge, 2016.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Cannons at [[Battle of Pea Ridge]] site]] | [[File:Cannons from Battle of Pea Ridge, 2016.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Cannons at [[Battle of Pea Ridge]] site]] | ||