Slavery Agitation in Virginia: 1829-1832 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781025991184)

"Slavery Agitation in Virginia 1829-1832" is a rigorous historical investigation into one of the most critical and transformative periods in the history of the American South. Theodore M. Whitfield provides a detailed analysis of the social and political climate in Virginia during the years surrounding the Nat Turner insurrection, a time when the state's leadership and citizenry grappled with the moral and economic implications of the institution of slavery.

The work examines the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1829-1830, where sectional tensions between the tidewater and the western counties highlighted the diverging interests of the Commonwealth. It further details the legislative reactions to Turner's 1831 uprising, documenting the intense debates within the Virginia General Assembly regarding emancipation, colonization, and the tightening of slave codes. By tracing the shift from open discourse to the eventual suppression of abolitionist sentiment, Whitfield illuminates the internal pressures that helped define Virginia's path toward the American Civil War. This study serves as an essential resource for understanding the complexities of antebellum political thought and the fragile state of Southern society in the early nineteenth century.

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