A Union Indivisible: Secession and the Politics of Slavery in the Border South

by Michael D. Robinson

Book Overview

Many accounts of the secession crisis overlook the sharp political conflict that took place in the Border South states of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri. Michael D. Robinson expands the scope of this crisis to show how the fate of the Border South, and with it the Union, desperately hung in the balance during the fateful months surrounding the clash at Fort Sumter. During this period, Border South politicians revealed the region's deep...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469666081
• ISBN13: 9781469666082
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"