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Author Dew, Charles B., author.

Title Apostles of disunion : southern secession commissioners and the causes of the Civil War / Charles B. Dew
Edition Fifteenth anniversary edition
Published Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (x, 151 pages)
Series A nation divided : studies in the Civil War era
Nation divided.
Contents Slavery, states' rights, and secession commissioners -- The first wave -- The South Carolinians -- The Alabamiams -- The mission to Virginia -- Conclusion: apostles of disunion, apostles of racism -- Afterword: apostles of disunion fifteen years later
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Secession -- Southern States.
Slavery -- Political aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
Politics and government
Race relations -- Political aspects
Secession
Slavery -- Political aspects
War -- Causes
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140219
Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125656
Southern States -- Race relations -- Political aspects
Subject Southern States
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813939452
0813939453