num_pages: 401
description: Reporting on attitudes and reactions in each of the eleven states that were to form the Confederacy, William Cooper traces and analyzes the history of southern politics from the formation of the Democratic party in the late 1820s to the cessation of the Deocratic-Whig struggle in the 1850s. He bases his study on extensive research of regional political manuscripts and newspapers.
language: English
title: The South and the Politics of Slavery, 1828-1856
titlecomplete: The South and the Politics of Slavery, 1828-1856
genres: History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 16
publisher: Louisiana State University Press