South Carolina’s no vote proved a delay tactic to win unanimity

Evidence

That left South Carolina, which apparently voted no in deference to the views of a senior member, Edward Rutledge. After the vote in committee, however, South Carolina moved to delay final consideration of the resolution by Congress until the next day, when Rutledge hinted that greater unity might prevail. — Edward J. Larson, Declaring Independence, 220

Categorization

• QUESTION: Why did unanimity matter enough to the pro-independence faction that they accepted South Carolina’s one-day delay to court it rather than passing on the nine-vote minimum?
• XREF: connects to: Black voting under stark choices is strategic time-buying, not endorsement — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America…, 500

Broader Connections

• Black voting under stark choices is strategic time-buying, not endorsement #expands (0.75) — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Begin Again, 500