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To radical abolitionists in the North, Lincoln鈥檚 opposition to slavery did not go far enough. To the majority in the South, Lincoln鈥檚 potential election to the presidency posed a huge threat. The campaign had taken on the role of a referendum on the Southern way of life. On the 6th November 1860, Lincoln was elected president with only 40% of the vote. In the South, Lincoln was burned in effigy and the states of South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana all seceded from the Union.