Roots of Secession
Click to look inside
The feel-good place to buy books
Roots of Secession by William A Link
The role of slaves and free blacks in the politics of secession An upper South state with nearly half a million slaves and some 50,000 free blacks, Virginia witnessed a uniquely volatile convergence of slave resistance and electoral politics in the 1850s. While masters struggled with slaves, disunionists sought to join a regionwide effort to secede and moderates sought to protect slavery but remain in the Union. Arguing for a definition of political action that extends beyond the electoral sphere, William A. Link shows that the coming of the Civil War was directly connected to Virginia's system of slavery, as the tension between defiant slaves and anxious slaveholders energized Virginia politics and spurred on the impending sectional crisis.
"William Link has opened up a fascinating new approach to studying the politics of the commonwealth in the years leading up to secessionCivil War scholars will have to contend with this provocative argument, and the debate should be a lively one." - Charles B. Dew, Williams College
WILLIAM A. LINK is Richard J. Mllbauer Professor of History at the University of Florida. His previous books include A Hard Country and a Lonely Place: Schooling, Society, and Reform in Rural Virginia, 1870-1920, and The Paradox of Southern Progressivism, 1880-1930.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780807827710 |
| ISBN 10 | 0807827711 |
| Title | Roots of Secession |
| Author | William A Link |
| Series | Civil War America |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Year published | 2003-03-31 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |