secession

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 last time the idea of secession gained serious momentum was in 1993 when a consultative referendum saw 65 percent of residents support independence -- but the plan got mired in opposition from state officials.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 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

“State law required separate schools before Brown,” says Erica Frankenberg, an Alabama native and education policy professor at Penn State University who has studied Jefferson County secessions extensively.

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