TY - BOOK AU - Link,William A. TI - Roots of secession: slavery and politics in antebellum Virginia T2 - Civil War America SN - 0807827711 : U1 - 973.711 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Chapel Hill, N.C., London PB - University of North Carolina Press KW - Slaves KW - Virginia KW - Political activity KW - History KW - 19th century KW - African Americans KW - Politics and government KW - Government, Resistance to KW - Passive resistance KW - Secession KW - Slavery KW - Political aspects KW - 1775-1865 KW - Race relations KW - United States KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 KW - Causes N1 - 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 ER -