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empedocles

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3. Feudal heritage?

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Thu Dec 10, 2020, 11:04 AM

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Traitor States. How come so many were part of the Confederate States of America? [View all] Botany Dec 2020 OP

They hope the cold Civil War II gets warm and toastie. magicarpet Dec 2020 #1

Several of those states were staunchly union and abolitionist. They should be ashamed. hlthe2b Dec 2020 #2

West Virginia exists because it seceded from Virginia . . . hatrack Dec 2020 #8

I'm referring to Kansas (union and home of a staunchly violent abolitionist movement) hlthe2b Dec 2020 #12

Thank you. MuseRider Dec 2020 #19

People think of the Civil War - flapping flags and battle lines and stirring music . . . hatrack Dec 2020 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author MuseRider Dec 2020 #21

I just deleted not because of you MuseRider Dec 2020 #22

Hey, no worries - it was gone before I got back . . . hatrack Dec 2020 #23

West Virginia did not want a war to be fought in them there hills. My Pet Orangutan Dec 2020 #13

Lee's first campaign as confederate commander was into western Virginia Yeehah Dec 2020 #16

Feudal heritage? empedocles Dec 2020 #3

America would have been better off if we had hung and/or imprisoned the leaders of C.S.A. (traitors) Botany Dec 2020 #6

Some wealth and power redistribution would have been nice empedocles Dec 2020 #7

The greatest source of wealth in the C.S.A. was the slaves. Botany Dec 2020 #10

Before the Civil War, the greatest source of wealth in the country empedocles Dec 2020 #11

Good thing Lincoln disagreed with that. cwydro Dec 2020 #15

We know that now, Yeehah Dec 2020 #17

"Giver" and "Taker" states. Guess who are the takers? NCDem47 Dec 2020 #4

And to everyone of these lawyers in the AG offices they should be disbarred......for starters...... turbinetree Dec 2020 #5

They have bene re-fighting the Civil War since the 1900s Tarc Dec 2020 #9

Tennessee is an interesting one on that list Docreed2003 Dec 2020 #14

Kentucky bdamomma Dec 2020 #18

Two conflicting views of reality clashed in the winter of secession, 1860-61, we are about there Baclava Dec 2020 #24

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