A Union Indivisible Secession and the Politics of Slavery in the Border South / Michael D. Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Michael D., 1979- author.

Series:

Civil War America (Series)

Civil War America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Slavery--Political aspects--Southern States--History--19th century.

Slavery.

Secession--Southern States.

Secession.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

United States.

Southern States--History--1775-1865.

Southern States.

Southern States--Politics and government--1775-1865.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2017]

Summary:

"Michael Robinson challenges the previously held notions on the dichotomy between the free labor North and the slaveholding South. An examination of the Border South states of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri--all of which ultimately elected to remain in the Union--reveals that this decision was contingent, contentious, and not nearly as straightforward as most scholarship has acknowledged. Robinson provides a more thorough examination of the secession crisis in these four Border South states, shedding light onto the border southerners' varied and often contradictory responses to the crisis of the Union"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Where is the great statesman?: Henry Clay's republic

A representation of almost every interest and pursuit in the Union: the Border South on the eve of the secession crisis

We are approaching a crisis pregnant with immense and momentous results: the long shadow of John Brown's raid, October 1859-April 1860

The wolf is really upon us now: the presidential race, April-November 1860

What ought patriots to do?: the Unionist offensive in the Border South, November 1860-mid-January 1861

Compromise may restore the Union, but the sword can never preserve it: the Unionist offensive, conditional unionism, and the vital center, mid-January-March 1861

If we can't go with the South let us quit the North: war, violence, and neutrality, March-June 1861

Every day's delay weakens the secessionists and strengthens the Union: secession defeated, June-December 1861

Conclusion: Pursued to the last extremity: Henry Winter Davis's republic.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908510-7-9

979-88-908510-8-6

1-4696-3379-5

1-4696-3380-9

OCLC:

1007061903