Roots of secession : slavery and politics in antebellum Virginia /
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| Author / Creator: | Link, William A. |
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| Imprint: | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003. |
| Description: | xvii, 387 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Civil War America Civil War America (Series |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4836004 |
Table of Contents:
- Illustrations and Maps
- Tables
- Preface
- Introduction
- Prologue
- To Make Ourselves Slaves, That You May Defend Yours
- Slavery and Constitutional Reform
- 1. A Slave Society: Virginia in the 1850s
- 2. Boastful and Belligerent Champions of Southern Institutions: Slavery and Politics, 1851-1854
- 3. A Uniform Spirit of Lawlessness: The Problem of Runaways
- 4. A Spirit of License in the Guise of Liberty: The Survival of Opposition, 1854-1856
- 5. The Darkest and Most Perilous Hours of Our National Existence: The Deepening Sectional Crisis, 1856-1859
- 6. A Black Demon of Fanaticism: Harpers Ferry and the Election of
- 7. To Light the Torch of Servile Insurrection: The Secession Crisis Epilogue. The Rending of Virginia
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
