03573nam 2200793 a 450 991078036770332120230617030504.0979-88-908774-0-60-8078-6320-3(CKB)111087027918646(EBL)413345(OCoLC)476237047(SSID)ssj0000239585(PQKBManifestationID)11205814(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000239585(PQKBWorkID)10239987(PQKB)10941180(SSID)ssj0000777866(PQKBManifestationID)12398284(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000777866(PQKBWorkID)10762972(PQKB)24389091(Au-PeEL)EBL413345(CaPaEBR)ebr10202594(CaONFJC)MIL929259(MiAaPQ)EBC413345(EXLCZ)9911108702791864620020819d2003 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrRoots of secession[electronic resource] slavery and politics in antebellum Virginia /William A. LinkChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20031 online resource (408 p.)Civil War AmericaDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-5661-4 0-8078-2771-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-371) and index.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.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.Civil War America.Enslaved personsVirginiaPolitical activityHistory19th centurylocalAfrican AmericansVirginiaPolitics and government19th centuryGovernment, Resistance toVirginiaHistory19th centuryPassive resistanceVirginiaHistory19th centurySecessionVirginiaSlaveryPolitical aspectsVirginiaHistory19th centuryVirginiaHistory1775-1865VirginiaPolitics and government1775-1865VirginiaRace relationsPolitical aspectsHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865CausesEnslaved personsPolitical activityHistoryAfrican AmericansPolitics and governmentGovernment, Resistance toHistoryPassive resistanceHistorySecessionSlaveryPolitical aspectsHistory973.7/11Link William A882041MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780367703321Roots of secession3789786UNINA