Roots of Secession: Slavery and Politics in Antebellum Virginia (Civil War America)
William A. Link
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Paperback. The role of slaves and free blacks in the politics of secession. Series: Civil War America. Num Pages: 408 pages, 19 illustrations, 16 tables, 4 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Series
Civil War America
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807856611
SKU
V9780807856611
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About William A. Link
WILLIAM A. LINK is Richard J. Mllbauer Professor of History at the University of Florida. His previous books include A Hard Country and a Lonely Place: Schooling, Society, and Reform in Rural Virginia, 1870-1920, and The Paradox of Southern Progressivism, 1880-1930.
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