A. How important was slave property to the economy? b. What was the correlation between the timing of a state’s secession from the Union and the percentage of the population that was enslaved? c. What values animated CSA Vice President Alexander Stephens’ "Cornerstone Speech?" How does he define freedom in the Confederate States of America?What is the relationship between slavery and freedom in his view? d. What arguments do the Secession Commissioners put forward to urge fellow southerners to leave the Union? e. How does the Texas’ "Declaration of Causes" explain the state’s history and the reasons for secession? What were the most important factors that caused Texas to leave the