Author: Abi

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For this project we will be researching the secession of Western Virginia from Virginia during the early American Civil War. This will include the background and information of secessionists and the immediate aftereffects of the secession. Our goal is to provide accessible resources for people interested in West Virginia’s secession and secession movements in general. […]

Rugeley’s article on the Yucatecan Republic outlines the history of the movement itself and compares it with the American Confederacy. He explains that the conflict began in the 1830s after proponents of centralism revoked the constitution of 1823 and replaced it with the Siete Leyes system in which a chief executive made decisions supported by […]

In the introduction to his book Secession, Jason Sorens argues that secession is relatively rare, and prompted mainly by a few factors. First, that the seceding party tends to be a minority, especially an ethnic minority, with little control over governmental policy. Second, they will only attempt to secede if the benefits of seceding are perceived […]

Hi everyone! My name is Abi. I grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina and moved to Nelson, New Zealand when I was twelve. After finishing high school, I decided to come back to North Carolina for university. I’m a history major, interested in colonialism and medical history, especially the history of infectious diseases. I like […]