'Just Cause - Secession': The Life of a Southern Gentleman

A proud 'Sea Island Cotton' planter in the S.C. Lowcountry, Burrell Wiggins was one of the Bluffton Boys, a group of men, so named, who were vocal defenders of 'States Rights' and the 'Right of Nullification' as provided by the U.S. Constitution, in their opinion. Their 'movement,' spurred on by slavery issues and the imposition of crippling tariffs by the Northern controlled Congress, led the state to 'Secession' from the United States.