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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 American Civil War. A "reverse" secession of sorts happened at this
time when the northwestern counties of Virginia seceded to form the state of Kanawha (now
West Virginia), in order to remain in the Union.
See also: Declaration of
independence, Separatism, Nullification, South Carolina Exposition and Protest, Reference re Secession of Quebec
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