The counterrevolution of slavery : politics and ideology in antebellum South Carolina / / Manisha Sinha

• Autore: Sinha Manisha
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (378 p.)
• Disciplina: 975.7/03
• Soggetto topico: Slavery - Political aspects - South Carolina - History - 19th century; Slaveholders - South Carolina - Political activity; Secession - South Carolina; Political culture - South Carolina - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: South Carolina Politics and government 1775-1865
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-342) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Genesis of the Political Ideology of Slavery; 2. Nullification; 3. The Discourse of Southern Nationalism; 4. South Carolina and the First Secession Crisis; 5. The Carolinian Movement to Reopen the African Slave Trade; 6. Judicial Nullification; 7. The Coming of Secession; 8. Secession; Epilogue: The Counterrevolution of Slavery; Notes; Bibliography of Primary Sources; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In this comprehensive analysis of politics and ideology in antebellum South Carolina, Manisha Sinha offers a provocative new look at the roots of southern separatism and the causes of the Civil War. Challenging works that portray secession as a fight for white liberty, she argues instead that it was a conservative, antidemocratic movement to protect and perpetuate racial slavery.Sinha discusses some of the major sectional crises of the antebellum era--including nullification, the conflict over the expansion of slavery into western territories, and secession--and offers an important ree
• Titolo autorizzato: The counterrevolution of slavery
• ISBN: 979-88-908720-6-7; 0-8078-6097-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816733703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II