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  • The efforts of the Black Republicans had been persistently to make the term Secessionist one of disgrace and reproach, and although they had with great assiduity courted the few Southern families who remained, there was no language too coarse for them to use in describing Secessionists - always, of course, assuming that the person addressed had too much self-respect to be thus classified.

    Documenting the American South: The Southern Experience in 19-th Century America 1863

  • The news came as a surprise to me, as I wasn\'t aware there was a "Secessionist" movement in the United States, but there it is, right before your eyes.

    Several States Are Discussing Secession From The United States 2007

  • Rick "Secessionist" Perry, but a advocated a fundamental rollback of federal power.

    Hullabaloo 2009

  • Rick "Secessionist" Perry, but a advocated a fundamental rollback of federal power.

    Hullabaloo 2009

  • Secessionist movements are motivated by local conditions.

    Europe Needs Kosovo Madeleine K. Albright 2010

  • His time in office was absorbed with the Civil War and defeating the Secessionist States of the South.

    Five People Born on February 12 | myFiveBest 2010

  • He became a leader of Vienna's Secessionist movement, which drew artists away from the stiff academic styles of official painting and tried to unify the fine and applied arts.

    A Golden Kiss for Klimt J. S. Marcus 2012

  • Sarah's shrill cry .... "take my country back" comes from the same mouth that encouraged the Alaskan Secessionist Party.

    Gingrich says Palin 'tremendously important' 2010

  • A noticeable growth of Secessionist movements within certain states: Texas, Vermont, Alaska and the Republic of Lakotah being my choices.

    Archive 2009-10-18 Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2009

  • A noticeable growth of Secessionist movements within certain states: Texas, Vermont, Alaska and the Republic of Lakotah being my choices.

    Crystal balls : The Five Year View Canadian silver bug/Green Assassin Brigade 2009

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