Southwest Virginia's Railroad

Southwest Virginia's Railroad
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Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : 9780817350642
ISBN-13 : 0817350640
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Book Synopsis Southwest Virginia's Railroad by : Kenneth W. Noe

Download or read book Southwest Virginia's Railroad written by Kenneth W. Noe and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A close study of one region of Appalachia that experienced economic vitality and strong sectionalism before the Civil War This book examines the construction of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad through southwest Virginia in the 1850s, before the Civil War began. The building and operation of the railroad reoriented the economy of the region toward staple crops and slave labor. Thus, during the secession crisis, southwest Virginia broke with northwestern Virginia and embraced the Confederacy. Ironically, however, it was the railroad that brought waves of Union raiders to the area during the war


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