Counterrevolution of Slavery

by Manisha Sinha

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807848840
• ISBN13: 9780807848845
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"