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Roots of secession : slavery and politics in antebellum Virginia / William A. Link.

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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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Online Access: Full Text (via HeinOnline)
Main Author: Link, William A. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2003]
Series:Civil War America (Series)
Subjects:
Enslaved persons > Political activity > Virginia > 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.
Virginia > History > 1775-1865.
Virginia > Politics and government > 1775-1865.
Slavery > Political aspects > Virginia > History > 19th century.
Virginia > Race relations > Political aspects > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes.

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Call Number: E445.V8 L56 2003eb
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