Roots of secession [electronic resource] : slavery and politics in antebellum Virginia / William A. Link.
Series: Civil War AmericaPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003.Description: xvii, 387 p. : ill., mapsSubject(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 -- Causes
- 973.7/11 21
- E445.V8 L56 2003eb
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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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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