Both Uses of
secession
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- When Alabama seceded from the Union on January 11, 1861, Winston County seceded from Alabama, and every child in Maycomb County knew it.
p. 18.6 *seceded = separated
- When Alabama seceded from the Union on January 11, 1861, Winston County seceded from Alabama, and every child in Maycomb County knew it.
p. 18.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(secession) formal separation from an alliance or federation
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Secession or secede is often used to reference the withdrawal of the southern states from the United States prior to the Civil War.