Roots of secession [electronic resource] : slavery and politics in antebellum Virginia / William A. Link

Author	Link, William A
Title	Roots of secession [electronic resource] : slavery and politics in antebellum Virginia / William A. Link
Imprint	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003
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Descript	xvii, 387 p. : ill., maps 25 cm

CONTENT

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

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 Virginia -- History -- 1775-1865 Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865 Slavery -- Political aspects -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century Virginia -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century United States -- History -- Civil War 1861-1865 -- Causes Electronic books.