Roots of Secession: Slavery and Politics in Antebellum Virginia

by William A. Link

Book Overview

Offering a provocative new look at the politics of secession in antebellum Virginia, William Link places African Americans at the center of events and argues that their acts of defiance and rebellion had powerful political repercussions throughout the turbulent period leading up to the Civil War.

An upper South state with nearly half a million slaves--more than any other state in the nation--and some 50,000 free blacks, Virginia witnessed a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807856614
• ISBN13: 9780807856611
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"