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In this state, a family heirloom called Ashley’s Sack became the basis for the National Book Award winner All That She Carried. C. Vann Woodward won a Pulitzer in History for an adaptation of a diary of a woman from this state, Mary Chesnut. Before moving to Philadelphia, the abolitionist Grimké sisters were born and raised in this (10[1])state. (-5[1])A woman from this state named Floride (-5[1])(“flor-EED”) helped lead the shunning of Peggy Eaton in the Petticoat Affair. In the Nullification Crisis, (10[2])this state (10[1])rejected (10[1])the (10[1])“Tariff (10[1])of Abominations” while led by John C. Calhoun. For 10 points, name this state, the first to secede and the location of Fort Sumter outside of Charleston. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: South Carolina [or SC]
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