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The Counterrevolution of Slavery
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Description
Sinha discusses some of the major sectional crises of the antebellum era — including nullification, the conflict over the expansion of slavery into western territories, and secession — and offers an important reevaluation of the movement to reopen the African slave trade in the 1850s. In the process she reveals the central role played by South Carolina planter politicians in developing proslavery ideology and the use of states' rights and constitutional theory for the defense of slavery.
Sinha’s work underscores the necessity of integrating the history of slavery with the traditional narrative of southern politics. Only by taking into account the political importance of slavery, she insists, can we arrive at a complete understanding of southern politics and the enormity of the issues confronting both northerners and southerners on the eve of the Civil War.
Product details
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Edition:
- 1
- Number of Pages:
- 380
- Release Date:
- 2000-10-30
- Publication Date:
- 2000-10-30
- Publisher:
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Languages:
- Original: English
- ISBN10:
- 0807848840
- ISBN13:
- 9780807848845
- GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
- [email protected]
- Weight:
- 646 g
- Height:
- 15.6 cm
- Width:
- 23.4 cm
- Thickness:
- 2.3 cm
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