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Author Link, William A.

Title Roots of secession : slavery and politics in antebellum Virginia / William A. Link.

Publication Info. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2003]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  973.711 L756R    Check Shelf
Description xvii, 387 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series Civil War America
Civil War America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [353]-371) and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Virginia -- History -- 1775-1865.
Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
Secession -- Virginia.
Passive resistance -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century.
Slavery -- Political aspects -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century.
Government, Resistance to -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century.
Virginia -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 19th century.
Enslaved persons -- Virginia -- Political activity -- History -- 19th century.
African Americans -- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
ISBN 0807827711 alkaline paper
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