Old Southampton: Politics and Society in a Virginia County, 1834-1869

by Daniel W. Crofts

Book Overview

Nat Turner's 1831 slave insurrection made Virginia's Southampton County notorious. Gradually, however, the bloody spectacle receded from national memory.

Although the timeless rhythms of rural life resumed after the insurrection, Southampton could not escape the forces of change. From the Age of Jackson through to secession, wartime, and Reconstruction, it shared the fate of the Old South. Many who had witnessed the insurrection lived to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813913853
• ISBN13: 9780813913858
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher