Sentences with phrase «secession before»

The Charleston, South Carolina, newspaper owner was among the most vehement proponents of slavery and secession before the Civil War.

Not exact matches

Months before Lincoln was sworn in, Southern states began passing resolutions declaring their secession from the Union.

In the package of the intangible, we have state anthem, flag and beautiful crest adopted from old Western region superintended by the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, but the opposition flares up, faulting the cowries in the flag, accusing the governor of being fetish and argued that the crest was designed for secession, and the implied meaning of the cowries which symbolize medium of exchange before colonial rule, and the strength and service which depict the meaning of the crest are ignored.

I simply expressed my opinion on my inalienable right to be consulted before serious decisions, such as secession of my space from Nigeria, are taken

Even before stepping off the ferry, Mr. Dinkins faced trouble on the first day of his week on Staten Island, deflecting talk of the borough's secession and publicly clashing with Guy V. Molinari, the borough president at the time.

Some primary and secondary pupils in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have made a presentation before the wife of the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, Mrs. Dolapo, which focused on the condemnation of ethnic killings, hate, secession threats and the incidence of corruption in the country.

By way of great contrast, the great Magyar city of Oradea in the historic region of Crisana, retains a wealth of impressive Secession architecture built in the decade before World War I.

Before coming to Stanford, she spent three years in Berlin, where she wrote her dissertation on the Munich Secession.