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Hartford Convention, 1814
New England Federalist delegates debated secession amid War of 1812 grievances, but chose a moderate constitutional-amendment path instead.
What happened
At the 1814 Hartford Convention, some delegates discussed secession, but the convention's outcome favoured moderate constitutional amendments instead.[1]
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Claim: At the 1814 Hartford Convention, New England Federalist delegates, motivated by opposition to the War of 1812 and the earlier Embargo Act of 1807, debated grievances against the federal government; some delegates advocated secession, but the convention's actual outcome favoured a set of constitutional amendments proposed by moderates, and no secession occurred.
- Hartford Convention (Wikipedia) link, Convention outcome section. Source record