The "Eufaula Regency": Alabama's Most Celebrated Secessionist Faction

by Mike Bunn

The secessionist faction known as the "Eufaula Regency" was among the first and most vocal groups in the South to advocate secession as a viable political option over the issue of slavery. Based in the riverside trading center of Eufaula, Alabama, this close-knit group of politically active lawyers kept threats to slavery under discussion in the pages of newspapers, backed likeminded candidates for political office, and promoted the expansion of slavery to counter any perceived threats to the institution. Though the Regency is mentioned frequently in the history of Alabama and the Civil War-era South, this short book is the first to investigate who comprised the group, how it operated, and to what extent it influenced events leading toward secession.

65 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 23, 2015