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UNINA9910823644103321 |
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Autore |
Link William A |
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Titolo |
Roots of secession : slavery and politics in antebellum Virginia / / William A. Link |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2003 |
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979-88-908774-0-6 |
0-8078-6320-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (408 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Slaves - Virginia - Political activity - History - 19th century |
African Americans - Virginia - Politics and government - 19th century |
Government, Resistance to - Virginia - History - 19th century |
Passive resistance - Virginia - History - 19th century |
Secession - Virginia |
Slavery - Political aspects - Virginia - History - 19th century |
Virginia History 1775-1865 |
Virginia Politics and government 1775-1865 |
Virginia Race relations Political aspects History 19th century |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-371) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This text studies the role of slaves and free blacks in the politics of secession in antebellum Virginia. It places African Americans at the centre of events and argues that their acts of rebellion had powerful political repercussions throughout the period prior to the Civil War. |
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