Roots of secession [electronic resource] : slavery and politics in antebellum Virginia / William A. Link.
By: Link, William A.
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Series: Civil War America: Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003Description: xvii, 387 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.Subject(s): 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 -- CausesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 973.7/11 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-371) and index.
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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