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The 20 most memorable Civil War movies

The American Civil War left many lasting scars in the national psyche, which helps to explain why it has repeatedly proved to ...
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Documentary on Civil War musical "In the Shadow of the Mountain" debuts

A desire to showcase two talented young women onstage blossomed into a Civil War–era musical, along with the documentary that showcases one man’s creative leap of faith. “In the Shadow of the Mountain ...
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How the slaves saw the Civil War : recollections of the war through the WPA slave narratives / Herbert C. Covey and Dwight Eisnach

Drawing from narratives of former slaves collected as part of the Federal Writers Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), How the Slaves Saw the Civil War presents first-hand testimony in ...
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Slavery by another name : the re-enslavement of Black people in America from the Civil War to World War II / Douglas A. Blackmon

A note on language -- Introduction : The bricks we stand on -- pt. 1. The slow poison -- 1. The wedding : fruits of freedom -- 2. An industrial slavery : "Niggers is cheap" -- 3. Slavery's increase : ...
The Economist

Six books to understand the civil war and slavery in America

There is no shortage of books on the period surrounding America’s civil war. Canonical classics include “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”, a moral attack on slavery that changed minds when it was published in 1852 ...