secession
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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
Indulge a certain inner calm, then, when watching Canada’s secession politics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Pannun is affiliated with a New York-based group called Sikhs for Justice that advocates for the secession of Punjab, a northern Indian state with a large Sikh population.
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
The South Carolina secession convention declared the state was leaving the Union because northerners “have denounced as sinful the institution of slavery.”
From Slate • Sep. 24, 2025
Before Lincoln’s inauguration in March of 1861, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas had joined the secession movement and formed the Confederate States of America.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Vocabulary lists containing secession
American History I
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The American Civil War
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Human Geography - Middle School
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