In the context of the United States, secession primarily refers to the voluntary withdrawal of one or more states from the Union that constitutes the United States; but may loosely refer to leaving a
A New Hampshire man holds a sign advocating for secession during the 2012 presidential election.
William Lloyd Garrison: "Henceforth, the watchword of every uncompromising abolitionist, of every friend of God and liberty, must be, both in a religious and political sense — 'NO UNION WITH SLAVEHOLDERS'"
Nullification crisis
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The nullification crisis was a sectional political crisis in the United States in 1832 and 1833, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, which involved a confrontation between the state of South Caro
An 1864 political cartoon recalling the crisis
Portrait of Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale, 1800
James Madison
Portrait of Martin Van Buren