Secessionism perseveres as a complex political phenomenon in Africa, yet often a more in-depth analysis is overshadowed by the aspirational simplicity of pursui

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Offering a provocative new look at the politics of secession in antebellum Virginia, William Link places African Americans at the center of events and argues th