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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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Disunion! the coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859 / by Varon, Elizabeth R., 1963-

Table of Contents: “…The language of terrifying prophecy : disunion debates in the early republic -- We claim our rights : the advent of abolitionism -- Ruinous tendencies : the anti-abolition backlash -- The idea will become familiar : disunion in the era of mass party politics -- Oh for a man who is a man : debating slavery's expansion -- That is revolution! …”
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The making of a southerner William Barclay Napton's private Civil War / by Phillips, Christopher, 1959 Nov. 1-

Subjects: “…Napton, William Barclay, 1808-1883 Political and social views.…”
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The Union on trial the political journals of Judge William Barclay Napton, 1829-1883 / by Napton, William Barclay, 1808-1883

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Shapers of the great debate on the Civil War a biographical dictionary / by Monroe, Dan, 1961-

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The problem of emancipation the Caribbean roots of the American Civil War / by Rugemer, Edward Bartlett, 1971-

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Missouri's war the Civil War in documents /

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Slavery and the commerce power how the struggle against the interstate slave trade led to the Civil War / by Lightner, David L., 1942-

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And the war came the slavery quarrel and the American Civil War / by Meyers, Donald J.

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