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The counterrevolution of slavery : politics and ideology in antebellum South Carolina /

An analysis of politics and ideology in antebellum South Carolina, offering a provocative look at the roots of southern separatism and the causes of the Civil War. Manisha Sinha argues that secession was a conservative, antidemocratic movement to protect and perpetuate racial slavery.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sinha, Manisha (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2000]
Colección:UNC Press law publications.
Slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Problem of South Carolina Revisited
  • The Genesis of the Political Ideology of Slavery
  • Nullification
  • The Discourse of Southern Nationalism
  • South Carolina and the First Secession Crisis
  • The Carolinian Movement to Reopen the African Slave Trade
  • Judicial Nullification
  • The Coming of Secession
  • Secession
  • Epilogue: The Counterrevolution of Slavery.