Roots of secession : slavery and politics in antebellum Virginia / / William A. Link.
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| Superior document: | Civil War America |
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| Year of Publication: | 2003 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Civil War America.
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 387 p. :; ill., maps. |
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Table of 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.