Why the election of 1860 led to the secession of multiple southern states

The Republican Party platform promised not to interfere with slavery in the states, but opposed the further extension of slavery into the territories. ... The election of Lincoln led to the secession of several states in the South, and the Civil War soon began, with the Battle of Fort Sumter.

She wrote the Historical Context for A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman should be understood within the context of the Enlightenment as a movement containing complex and often contradictory political, religious, and philosophical implications.