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LWolf

(46,179 posts)
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 03:30 PM Aug 2016

A quote

from Fateful Lightning, A New History of the Civil War and Reconstruction, by Allen C. Guelzo, which is in turn a paraphrase of Allan Nevins:

Dominated by "stereotypes of each other, Northerners and Southerners were possesed by "fear," and "fear was largely the product of ignorance, and ignorance--or misinformation--largely the product of propaganda."


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A quote (Original Post) LWolf Aug 2016 OP
This message was self-deleted by its author MichiganVote Aug 2016 #1
Yep. LWolf Aug 2016 #2
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LWolf

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2. Yep.
Fri Aug 19, 2016, 04:07 PM
Aug 2016

It was amazing to me, as I read through Chapter 2, which covered the political maneuvering between the North and South, and the negotiations and manipulations around slavery, how much has NOT changed.

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