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"This is the only, modern comprehensive constitutional history of any state. From the very beginning in 1606, when James I chartered the Virginia Company to establish a commercial outpost on the Atlantic coast of North America, through the first two decades of the twenty-first century, the fundamental constitutions of the colony and state have evolved and changed as the demographic, economic, political, and cultural characteristics of Virginia have changed. Elements of the colonial constitution influenced the character of the state's first constitution in 1776, and changing relationships between the people and their government, as well as relationships between the state and federal governments have influenced how the state's constitution has evolved and what that means to the people who have lived and still live in Virginia"--

Origins of the debt controversy -- The funding act of 1871 -- Funders and readjusters -- The Readjuster Party -- Readjustment, reform, and reaction -- The coupon killers -- The coupon cases -- The coupon crusher -- The Olcott Act of 1892 -- Unfinished business -- Virginia v. West Virginia -- Legacies of the debt controversy

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

Intro -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword, by Sandra Gioia Treadway -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Let Our Vote Be Cast: An Introduction -- 2. No Woman Sole or Covert: Virginia Women and the Vote before 1920 -- 3. Work Like Hell and Educate: The Equal Suffrage League of Virginia -- 4. Everlastingly At It: Organizing Virginia Suffragists -- 5. Constant Agitation: The Congressional Union/National Woman's Party -- 6. A Determined and Aggressive Lobby: Success in 1920 -- 7. A Day of Triumph and Dignity: Virginia Women Vote -- 8. The Rest of Their Lives: Virginia Women and the Vote after 1920 -- Appendix: Virginia Suffragists and Anti-Suffragists -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- About the Authors.