Slavery, Fear, and Disunion in the Lone Star State: Texans' Attitudes toward Secession and the Union, 1846-1861

This work is a study of white Texans' attitudes toward their role in the federal Union and their right to secede from it during the antebellum period. The central question of the study is why did people so strongly Unionist in 1846 became so strongly secessionist by 1861. In tracing this signif...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ledbetter, Billy D.
Other Authors: Scroggs, Jack B., 1919-
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: North Texas State University 1972
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Online Access:https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc164580/