Link, William A. <br/><br/>
Roots of secession :  slavery and politics in antebellum Virginia / 
William A. Link. 
 - 416 p. :  ill., maps ;  24cm. 
 - Civil War America .
 - Civil War America. .
<br/><br/>A slave society : Virginia in the 1850s -- Boastful and belligerent champions of southern institutions : slavery and politics, 1851-1854 -- A uniform spirit of lawlessness : the problem of runaways -- A spirit of license in the guise of liberty : the survival of opposition, 1854-1856 -- The darkest and most perilous hours of our national existence : the deepening sectional crisis, 1856-1859 -- A black demon of fanaticism : Harpers Ferry and the election of 1860 -- To light the torch of servile insurrection : the secession crisis. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0807827711 :  £34.95 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA3-Z6569 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>0807827711  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Slaves--Political activity--History--Virginia--19th century.<br/>African Americans--Politics and government--Virginia--19th century.<br/>Government, Resistance to--History--Virginia--19th century.<br/>Passive resistance--History--Virginia--19th century.<br/>Secession--Virginia<br/>Slavery--Political aspects--History--Virginia--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Virginia--History--1775-1865<br/>Virginia--Politics and government--1775-1865<br/>Virginia--Race relations--Political aspects--History--19th century.<br/>United States--History--Causes--Civil War, 1861-1865
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.711