The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 was a pivotal moment in American history, leading to Southern secession and the Civil ...
Dr. David Gordon, in today’s Friday Philosophy, reviews Clyde N. Wilson’s, Defending Dixie: Essays in Southern History and ...
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Pharaohs in Dixieland – how 19th-century America reimagined Egypt to justify racism and slavery
There was a reason Southern businessmen and thinkers were inspired by ancient Egypt: To them, it served as proof that all great civilizations were hierarchal societies sustained by enslaved labor.
DETROIT — Americans across the country this weekend celebrated Juneteenth, marking the relatively new national holiday with cookouts, parades and other gatherings as they commemorated the end of ...
Many hard-right members of Congress are pursuing Lost Cause mythology – central to Trump’s movement – and neo-Confederate ...
Gettysburg Address, the fight against slavery and the battle for freedom provide historical perspective on principles of the Revolution and practice of slavery ...
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he’d have no problem with erecting a massive statue honoring Robert E. Lee, the Civil War general who led the South in rebellion against the United States to ...
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These confederate statues caused US protests. Knocked down, they're the centre of a new art show
The 18 decommissioned Confederate monuments have been deconstructed and displayed to make a statement on the horrors of ...
In 1865, two dozen Union soldiers, all formerly enslaved, were ambushed and killed along a road in Kentucky. Archaeologists ...
Trump ‘OK’ with DC statue honoring Civil War leader who fought for slavery: ‘Lot of people in this room’ agree - Trump’s administration has pushed for restoring multiple memorials to the pro-slavery l ...
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