Virginia's Attitude Toward Slavery and Secession

by Beverley B. Munford

disunion sentiments of, [213];

contended that Union alone protected slaveholders, [219];

see John Brown, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William Lloyd Garrison, Theodore Parker, Wendell Phillips.

Abolition of Slavery in Virginia, petition for, from citizens of Staunton, [128], [129].

Adams, Charles Francis, estimate of Virginians at Gettysburg, [139], [140];

estimate of racial difficulties, [181];

his analysis of Virginia's grounds of secession, [249];

records effects of Virginia's declaration for union, [253];

on coercion as the issue, [255];

views as to Virginia's unchanged allegiance to state sovereignty, [294].