Confederate Constitution displayed at UGA

The only surviving copy of the Confederate Constitution, written in iron oxide ink on five sheets of sheepskin stretching slightly more than 12 feet, went on display Friday at the University of Georgia, as it does for a single day each year on the weekday closest to March 11. The Confederate Constitution was ratified unanimously on March 11, 1861, when it was signed by 50 members of the Congress of Delegates from the Southern states seceding from the Union. Nine of the people who signed the document were from Georgia. “We don’t want to get it out a lot because it’s fragile, and we don’t want to celebrate it,” said Chuck Barber, associate director of public services and outreach for UGA’s Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library, part of the university’s Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries. <a href="https://medium.com/@johnroarkmedia/confederate-constitution-displayed-at-uga-c55cadd93661">Click Here</a>