Roots of secession slavery and politics in antebellum Virginia /

Roots of secession slavery and politics in antebellum Virginia /

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Main Author: Link, William A.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003.
Series:Civil War America.
Subjects:
Slaves > Virginia > Political activity > History > 19th century.
African Americans > Virginia > Politics and government > 19th century.
Government, Resistance to > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Passive resistance > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Secession > Virginia.
Slavery > Political aspects > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Virginia > History > 1775-1865.
Virginia > Politics and government > 1775-1865.
Virginia > Race relations > Political aspects > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes.
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Table of Contents:
  • A slave society : Virginia in the 1850s
  • Boastful and belligerent champions of southern institutions : slavery and politics, 1851-1854
  • A uniform spirit of lawlessness : the problem of runaways
  • A spirit of license in the guise of liberty : the survival of opposition, 1854-1856
  • The darkest and most perilous hours of our national existence : the deepening sectional crisis, 1856-1859
  • A black demon of fanaticism : Harpers Ferry and the election of 1860
  • To light the torch of servile insurrection : the secession crisis.

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