Project Gutenberg 2014-06-18 Public domain in the USA. 86 Munford, Beverley B. (Beverley Bland) 1856 1910 Munford, Beverley Bland 69016579 Virginia's Attitude Toward Slavery and Secession Produced by Mark C. Orton, Elizabeth Oscanyan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Virginia's Attitude Toward Slavery and Secession" by Beverley B. Munford is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book examines the complex motivations and beliefs of Virginians regarding slavery and their decision to secede during the Civil War era. Munford aims to challenge prevailing narratives that suggest Virginia's primary motivations were to defend slavery or express hostility toward the Union. The opening of the book sets the stage for a thorough exploration of Virginia's historical context and political climate leading up to the Civil War. Munford presents an argument that the majority of Virginia's populace disfavored slavery and had aspirations for independence from the Union, which they viewed as vital to their own self-governance. The text delves into the state's historical commitments to principles of liberty and rebellion against perceived unconstitutional actions by the Federal Government, suggesting that Virginia's secession was more a matter of state rights and honor than a direct endorsement of slavery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46026/46026-h/images/cover.jpg en United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 Slavery -- Virginia Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 E456 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Politics 853976 853986 2024-09-19T09:29:06.147876 2023-09-20T05:49:29.538902 text/html text/html 830412 2014-06-18T15:59:26 text/html; charset=utf-8 325303 2014-06-18T15:59:40 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 415643 2024-09-19T09:29:22.944778 application/epub+zip 418193 2024-09-19T09:29:08.430853 application/epub+zip 371135 2024-09-19T09:29:07.254883 application/epub+zip 632042 2024-09-19T09:29:31.345933 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 577122 2024-09-19T09:29:21.656801 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 530437 2022-09-21T03:42:36.567029 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 619069 2024-09-19T09:29:02.902880 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 619246 2014-06-18T15:59:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 210528 2014-06-18T15:59:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 619008 2014-06-18T15:59:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 210416 2014-06-18T15:59:40 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 619000 2014-06-18T15:59:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 210403 2014-06-18T15:59:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21755 2024-09-19T09:29:31.508739 application/rdf+xml 8540 2024-09-19T09:29:07.466881 image/jpeg 2086 2024-09-19T09:29:07.360876 image/jpeg 334713 2024-09-19T09:29:06.206881 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog