Secession
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Secession is the act of withdrawing from an organization or union, used particularly in the case of the Southern states of the United States seceding prior to the U.S. Civil War.

See also Declaration of independence, Separatism, Doctrine of Nullification, South Carolina Exposition and Protest

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