Use the following excerpt to answer the question. The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all of the privileges and immunities of citizens in
the several States, and shall have the right of transit and sojourn in any State of his
Confederacy, with their slaves and other property; and the right of property in said slaves shall
not be thereby impaired.
-- Constitution of the Confederate States of America, 1861
Which of the rights guaranteed by the constitution of the Confederate States of America was a key reason Southern states seceded
from the Union?
A. the right of citizens in each state to be treated equally
O B. the right of citizens to travel freely
O c. the right of citizens to own slaves
O D. the right of citizens to own property.