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8. Perhaps he should to to Project Gutenberg and read...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Sep 15, 2017, 04:07 PM

Sep 2017

"After the War: A Southern Tour May 1, 1865 to May 1, 1866" by Whitelaw Reid

Quite an eye-opener. Yes, there is a lot of racist language in it (it was written by someone that was a part of a Union survey of the area, which included the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court). A lot of the southerners moved away from the coast and tried to continue slavery, whether in fact or as a brutal type of indentured servitude (pay a few cents a day, and charge for board, keeping the freedmen under their thumb).

The US put a fast stop to that when they found it.

Fascinating contemporary account of the state of the defeated rebel states, and people.

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Virginia Sen. Dick Black says no Confederate soldiers died fighting for slavery [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2017 OP

He forgets they were also seceding from the United States of America and as such were traitors to shraby Sep 2017 #1

The argument was not even about keeping slaves GeoWilliam750 Sep 2017 #9

The guy wants to keep statues of folks who fought against the USA, ExciteBike66 Sep 2017 #2

Virginia has a better argument than most Pope George Ringo II Sep 2017 #3

Virginia Ordinance of Secession (April 17, 1861) atreides1 Sep 2017 #7

The pro-slavery crowd didn't waver Pope George Ringo II Sep 2017 #11

They caused the deaths of over 600,000 and destroyed many parts of Iliyah Sep 2017 #4

He supports Syria's President Assad left-of-center2012 Sep 2017 #5

Let's take a look at 4 CSA State's Declarations of Caucus for secession underpants Sep 2017 #6

Perhaps he should to to Project Gutenberg and read... SeattleVet Sep 2017 #8

Naw, they were just shootin at American soldiers! That's all! muntrv Sep 2017 #10