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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sinha, Manisha (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2000]
Series:UNC Press law publications.
Slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law.
Subjects:
1775-1899
Slavery > Political aspects > South Carolina > History > 19th century.
Slaveholders > Political activity > South Carolina.
Secession > South Carolina.
Political culture > South Carolina > History > 19th century.
Enslavement
Propriétaires d'esclaves > Activité politique > Caroline du Sud.
Sécession > Caroline du Sud.
HISTORY > State & Local.
Political culture
Politics and government
Secession
Slaveholders > Political activity
Slavery > Political aspects
Sklaverei
Afscheidingsbewegingen.
Politieke ideologie.
Slavernij.
Separatisme.
Amerikaanse burgeroorlog.
Slavery > South Carolina > History > 19th century.
Slaveholders > South Carolina.
South Carolina > Politics and government > 1775-1865.
Caroline du Sud > Politique et gouvernement > 1775-1865.
South Carolina
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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