Reluctant Confederates: Upper South Unionists in the Secession CrisisDaniel Crofts examines Unionists in three pivotal southern states-Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee-and shows why the outbreak of the war enabled the Confederacy to gain the allegiance of these essential, if ambivalent, governments. |
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... Percentages for November 1860 and February 1861 46 55 56 57 58 59 82 86 8888 87 7-2 Virginia : Estimated Percentages of Slaveowners and Nonslaveowners in Voting Blocs , November 1860 and February 1861 176 178 7-3 How North Carolina ...
... Percentages for November 1860 and February 1861 46 55 56 57 58 59 82 86 8888 87 7-2 Virginia : Estimated Percentages of Slaveowners and Nonslaveowners in Voting Blocs , November 1860 and February 1861 176 178 7-3 How North Carolina ...
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... Percentages for November 1860 , February 1861 , and June 1861 184 7-6 Tennessee : Estimated Percentages of Slaveowners and Nonslaveowners in Voting Blocs , November 1860 , February 1861 , and June 1861 186 7-7 February 1861 Patterns of ...
... Percentages for November 1860 , February 1861 , and June 1861 184 7-6 Tennessee : Estimated Percentages of Slaveowners and Nonslaveowners in Voting Blocs , November 1860 , February 1861 , and June 1861 186 7-7 February 1861 Patterns of ...
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... W. Crofts. A - 11 Estimates of 1860-1861 Voting Behavior in Twenty - two Lowest - Slaveholding ( Less Than 25 Percent ) North Carolina Counties 375 FIGURES 7-1 Virginia Voting Patterns , February 1861 : Whig Tables | xi.
... W. Crofts. A - 11 Estimates of 1860-1861 Voting Behavior in Twenty - two Lowest - Slaveholding ( Less Than 25 Percent ) North Carolina Counties 375 FIGURES 7-1 Virginia Voting Patterns , February 1861 : Whig Tables | xi.
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... Percentage of Votes Cast in Virginia , February 1861 172 7-8 Pro - Union and Anticonvention Percentages of Votes Cast in North Carolina , February 1861 173 7-9 Pro - Union and Anticonvention Percentages of Votes Cast in Tennessee ...
... Percentage of Votes Cast in Virginia , February 1861 172 7-8 Pro - Union and Anticonvention Percentages of Votes Cast in North Carolina , February 1861 173 7-9 Pro - Union and Anticonvention Percentages of Votes Cast in Tennessee ...
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... Percentage of Slaves in North Carolina's Population , by County , 1860 Census 41 2-5 Tennessee Counties and Regions in 1860 42 2-6 Percentage of Slaves in Tennessee's Population , by County , 1860 Census 43 3-1 Democratic Percentage of ...
... Percentage of Slaves in North Carolina's Population , by County , 1860 Census 41 2-5 Tennessee Counties and Regions in 1860 42 2-6 Percentage of Slaves in Tennessee's Population , by County , 1860 Census 43 3-1 Democratic Percentage of ...
Contents
Unionist Profiles | 8 |
Political Parties in the Late Antebellum Upper South | 37 |
The Political Origins of Upper South Unionism | 66 |
Unionists on the Defensive | 90 |
The Unionist Offensive | 104 |
The Unionist Offensive | 130 |
Measuring the Unionist Insurgency | 164 |
The Unionists and Compromise | 195 |
The Unionists Fort Sumter and the Proclamation for Seventyfive Thousand Troops | 308 |
Forced to Choose Sides Southern Unionists after the Proclamation | 334 |
Rethinking the Secession Crisis | 353 |
Multiple Regression Party Slavery and Secession | 361 |
Ecological Regression Estimating Voter Behavior | 367 |
Statistics Secession and the Historians | 376 |
Notes | 383 |
Bibliographical Essay | 457 |
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Reluctant Confederates: Upper South Unionists in the Secession Crisis Daniel W. Crofts Limited preview - 2014 |
Reluctant Confederates: Upper South Unionists in the Secession Crisis Daniel W. Crofts No preview available - 1993 |
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