A Union Indivisible Secession and the Politics of Slavery in the Border South |
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| Author:
| Robinson, Michael D. |
| Series title: | Civil War America Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4696-3378-7 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2017 |
| Publisher: | University of North Carolina Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $34.95 |
Book Description:
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Many accounts of the secession crisis overlook the sharp political conflict that took place in the Border South states of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri. Michael D. Robinson expands the scope of this crisis to show how the fate of the Border South, and with it the Union, desperately hung in the balance during the fateful months surrounding the clash at Fort Sumter.
Many accounts of the secession crisis overlook the sharp political conflict that took place in the Border South states of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri. Michael D. Robinson expands the scope of this crisis to show how the fate of the Border South, and with it the Union, desperately hung in the balance during the fateful months surrounding the clash at Fort Sumter.