Le Sud et la guerre civile américaine : le piège de la Sécession

• Published in: Amnis no. 1
• Main Author: Van Ruymbeke, Bertrand
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: TELEMME - UMR 6570 01.01.2015
• Subjects: American South; Civil War; Confederacy; Slavery; United States

This article places the US Civil War and Southern secession in the narrative of American history since the colonial era. It argues that the South, Virginia particularly, held a prominent place in American history and political life until the 1840s and that recurrent threats of secession (or its less...