Link, William A. <br/><br/>
Roots of secession  slavery and politics in antebellum Virginia /  [electronic resource] : 
William A. Link. 
 - Chapel Hill :  University of North Carolina Press,  c2003. 
 - xvii, 387 p. :  ill., maps ;  25 cm. 
 - Civil War America .
 - Civil War America. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-371) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2009. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Slaves--Political activity--History--Virginia--19th century.<br/>African Americans--Politics and government--Virginia--19th century.<br/>Government, Resistance to--History--Virginia--19th century.<br/>Passive resistance--History--Virginia--19th century.<br/>Secession--Virginia.<br/>Slavery--Political aspects--History--Virginia--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Virginia--History--1775-1865.<br/>Virginia--Politics and government--1775-1865.<br/>Virginia--Race relations--Political aspects--History--19th century.<br/>United States--History--Causes.--Civil War, 1861-1865
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E445.V8  / L56 2003eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.7/11