Slavery and secession in Arkansas : a documentary history / edited by James J. Gigantino II ; designed by Liz Lester.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gigantino, James J., editor.

Lester, Liz, designer.

Series:

Civil War in the West.

Civil War in the West

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Arkansas--History.

Slavery.

Antislavery movements--Arkansas--History.

Antislavery movements.

Arkansas--Politics and government--To 1950.

Arkansas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville, [Arkansas] : University of Arkansas Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The absorbing documents collected in Slavery and Secession in Arkansas trace Arkansas's tortuous road to secession and war. Drawn from contemporary pamphlets, broadsides, legislative debates, public addresses, newspapers, and private correspondence, these accounts show the intricate twists and turns of the political drama in Arkansas between early 1859 and the summer of 1861. From an early warning of what Republican political dominance would mean for the South, through the initial rejection of secession, to Arkansas's final abandonment of the Union, readers, even while knowing the eventual out

Contents:

Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Approaching the Election of 1860; Chapter 2: From Election to Call for Convention; Chapter 3: Campaigning for a Convention; Chapter 4: The First Convention; Chapter 5: Moving toward Secession; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781610755658

1610755650

OCLC:

911001042