Roots of secession
Subtitle: slavery and politics in antebellum Virginia
By: William A. Link
Contributors: NetLibrary, Inc
Series: Civil War America
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 387
Subjects: Politics and government; Race relations; Resistance to Government; Slavery; Political activity; Slaves; Passive resistance; Secession; Political aspects; African Americans; Causes; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-371) and index.

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Table of contents: title: A slave society : Virginia in the 1850s; title: Boastful and belligerent champions of southern institutions : slavery and politics, 1851-1854; title: A uniform spirit of lawlessness : the problem of runaways; title: A spirit of license in the guise of liberty : the survival of opposition, 1854-1856; title: The darkest and most perilous hours of our national existence : the deepening sectional crisis, 1856-1859; title: A black demon of fanaticism : Harpers Ferry and the election of 1860; title: To light the torch of servile insurrection : the secession crisis.