LEADER 03519nam 2200793 a 450 001 9910823644103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a979-88-908774-0-6 010 $a0-8078-6320-3 035 $a(CKB)111087027918646 035 $a(EBL)413345 035 $a(OCoLC)476237047 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000239585 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11205814 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000239585 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10239987 035 $a(PQKB)10941180 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000777866 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12398284 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000777866 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10762972 035 $a(PQKB)24389091 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL413345 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10202594 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL929259 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC413345 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027918646 100 $a20020819d2003 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRoots of secession $eslavery and politics in antebellum Virginia /$fWilliam A. Link 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (408 p.) 225 1 $aCivil War America 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-5661-4 311 $a0-8078-2771-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [353]-371) and index. 327 $aA 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. 330 $aThis text studies the role of slaves and free blacks in the politics of secession in antebellum Virginia. It places African Americans at the centre of events and argues that their acts of rebellion had powerful political repercussions throughout the period prior to the Civil War. 410 0$aCivil War America. 606 $aSlaves$zVirginia$xPolitical activity$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAfrican Americans$zVirginia$xPolitics and government$y19th century 606 $aGovernment, Resistance to$zVirginia$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPassive resistance$zVirginia$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSecession$zVirginia 606 $aSlavery$xPolitical aspects$zVirginia$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aVirginia$xHistory$y1775-1865 607 $aVirginia$xPolitics and government$y1775-1865 607 $aVirginia$xRace relations$xPolitical aspects$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xCauses 615 0$aSlaves$xPolitical activity$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xPolitics and government 615 0$aGovernment, Resistance to$xHistory 615 0$aPassive resistance$xHistory 615 0$aSecession 615 0$aSlavery$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 676 $a973.7/11 700 $aLink$b William A$0882041 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823644103321 996 $aRoots of secession$93986358 997 $aUNINA