South Carolina Exposition and Protest
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The South Carolina Exposition and Protest was written in 1828 by Andrew Jackson's Vice-President, John C. Calhoun, during the Nullification Crisis. The document was a protest against the Tariff of 1828. It stated that if the tariff was not repealed, South Carolina would secede. On December 19, 1828, it was presented to the South Carolina State House of Representatives. It was not formally adopted by the legislature, nor did it affect the tariff, but a pamphlet of it was published and circulated. Since Calhoun was then Vice President, he was forced to conceal his authorship.