Roots of Secession : Slavery and Politics in Antebellum Virginia Paperback / softback
by William A. Link
Part of the Civil War America series
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The role of slaves and free blacks in the politics of secession An upper South state with nearly half a million slaves and some 50,000 free blacks, Virginia witnessed a uniquely volatile convergence of slave resistance and electoral politics in the 1850s.
While masters struggled with slaves, disunionists sought to join a regionwide effort to secede and moderates sought to protect slavery but remain in the Union.
Arguing for a definition of political action that extends beyond the electoral sphere, William A.
Link shows that the coming of the Civil War was directly connected to Virginia's system of slavery, as the tension between defiant slaves and anxious slaveholders energized Virginia politics and spurred on the impending sectional crisis.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:416 pages
- Publisher:The University of North Carolina Press
- Publication Date:31/08/2005
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- ISBN:9780807856611
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:416 pages
- Publisher:The University of North Carolina Press
- Publication Date:31/08/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780807856611
