Texas terror : the slave insurrection panic of 1860 and the secession of the lower South / Donald E. Reynolds.
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TextSeries: Conflicting worlds: Publisher: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2007Description: xii, 237 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780807132838 (cloth : alk. paper); 0807132837 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Slave insurrections -- Texas -- History -- 19th century | Panic -- Social aspects -- Texas -- History -- 19th century | Antislavery movements -- Texas -- History -- 19th century | Slavery -- Texas -- History -- 19th century | Texas -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century | Vigilance committees -- Texas -- History -- 19th century | Texas -- Social conditions -- 19th century | Slave insurrections -- Political aspects -- Texas -- History -- 19th century | Texas -- Politics and government -- 1846-1865 | Secession -- TexasAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Texas terror.DDC classification: 973.7/11409764 LOC classification: E445.T47 | R49 2007| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | University of Texas At Tyler Stacks - 3rd Floor | E445 .T47 R49 2007 (Browse shelf) | Available | 0000001941962 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-230) and index.
What is in the wind? -- Red torch over our land -- Better to hang ninety-nine innocent men -- Savage deeds of blood and carnage -- Great news from Texas -- A thousand rumors -- Who is William H. Bailey? -- The mortal enemy of the south -- Conclusions of a mad people.
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Donald E. Reynolds is the author of Editors Make War: Southern Newspapers in the Secession Crisis and Professor Mayo's College: A History of East Texas State University. Professor emeritus of history at Texas A&M, Commerce, he lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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