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
Summary
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-342) and index
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