"The decision came from what seemed to many white Virginians the unavoidable logic of the situation. Virginia was a slave state; the Republicans had announced their intention of limiting slavery. Slavery was protected by the sovereignty of the state."
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Edward Ayers, In the Presence of Mine Enemies: The Civil War in the Heart of America 1859-1863 (2003), p. 141
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