Before Jim Crow the politics of race in postemancipation Virginia / by Dailey, Jane Elizabeth, 1963-

Subjects: “…African Americans Virginia Politics and government 19th century.…”
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Soul Liberty : The Evolution of Black Religious Politics in Postemancipation Virginia / by Turner, Nicole Myers

Table of Contents: “…Making a new religious freedom -- Independent black church conventions, 1866-1868 -- Religion, race, and gender at the congregational level -- Theological education, race relations, and gender, 1875-1882 -- Politics of engagement -- Appendix 1. Black politicians and religious affiliations, 1865-1890 -- Appendix 2. …”
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Roots of secession slavery and politics in antebellum Virginia / by Link, William A.

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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Sons of the fathers the Virginia slavery debates of 1831-1832 /

Subjects: “…Slavery Political aspects Virginia History 19th century Sources.…”
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Charles Fenton Mercer and the trial of national conservatism / by Egerton, Douglas R.

“…United States Politics and government 1815-1861.…”

Showdown in Virginia the 1861 convention and the fate of the Union /

“…Virginia Politics and government 1861-1865 Sources.…”
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The big house after slavery Virginia plantation families and their postbellum domestic experiment / by Morsman, Amy Feely, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…"By hard labour and close economy" : Virginia planters go to work -- Keeping up appearances : a crisis of status in Virginia's postwar plantation households -- "For our mutual protection and advancement" : planter families in Virginia's postbellum voluntary organizations -- Baring Virginia's bosom for political gain : politicians, manhood, and debt -- Abandoning the homestead : how the next generation embraced a new South.…”
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James Solomon Russell former slave, pioneering educator and Episcopal evangelist / by Norman, Worth Earlwood

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