secession
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But then, in quick order, came Lincoln’s election to the presidency in November 1860, the secession of the slave states to form the Southern Confederacy, and the attack on the U.S. garrison in Fort Sumter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Brooks wouldn’t live to see the South’s secession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026
"Alberta's secession cannot happen without First Nation consent to change a party to Treaty No. 8," the lawsuit stated.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
The women, who are against secession and for abolition but are practiced in the art of deceiving their neighbors, are involved with the Underground Railroad in some way that’s not exactly clear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2026
She had wanted the secession to happen, but now it seemed too big to conceive.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Clemon had helped establish a precedent that secessions were not permissible if they undermined court-ordered desegregation.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2017
Esperanto saw no end of sects, schisms, secessions, coups.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 24, 2016
In many cases, these secessions occurred after extremely divided conventions and popular votes.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
A small group of self-parodying college professors wrote proposals for possible secessions.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2012
And many Black African countries feared that an independent Biafra would trigger other secessions and so supported Nigeria.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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American History I
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The American Civil War
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