TY - BOOK AU - Tarter,Brent ED - Project Muse. TI - The grandees of government: the origins and persistence of undemocratic politics in Virginia SN - 9780813934327 AV - JK3916 .T37 2013 U1 - 320.9755 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Charlottesville PB - University of Virginia Press KW - African Americans KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - Virginia KW - History KW - Constitutional history KW - Political culture KW - Politics and government KW - 1865-1950 KW - 1775-1865 KW - To 1775 KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; For the glory of God and the good of the plantation -- True religion and a civil course of life -- The grievances of the people -- The grandees of government -- All men are not created equal -- On domestic slavery -- Constitutions construed -- House divided -- Causes lost -- An Anglo-Saxon electorate -- The Byrdocracy -- I was born black -- The spirit of Virginia -- Public good and private interest -- Virginia abstractions UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813934327/ ER -