1.   A group of Abbeville landowners held one of the first organized meetings to vote for their state to secede from the Union.

2.   Before he came to national prominence, he was known in Florida for his proposal that the state secede from the Union.

3.   Kashmiri separatist rebels, who want the Muslim-majority state to secede from India and either remain independent or join Islamic Pakistan, have often targeted Hindus.

4.   Rebels want the state to secede from India.