Summary of Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz Tony Horwitz’s Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War (1998) blends travel writing, history, and cultural analysis to examine how the American Civil War continues to shape identity, politics, and memory in the modern South. After rekindling a childhood fascination with the war,… Continue reading Reviewing Confederates in the Attic
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Slavery was the Reason for Secession
The verdict for this episode is: the words of the treasonous states demonstrate that slavery was the reason for secession. https://media.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/content.blubrry.com/jonathansimeonepodcast/secession.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 11:12 — 5.1MB) | Embedsubscribe to my podcast Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS | Subscribe to Jonathan's Verdicts
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Slavery and Secession
The Confederacy formally withdrew from the United States of America through the ordinances of secession. The ordinances of secession were short, formal documents that announced the intention of each of the 11 Confederate states to leave the union. Four states: Georgia; Mississippi; South Carolina; and Texas,, also published a declaration of causes document explaining their… Continue reading Slavery and Secession
Symbols of the Confederacy in America
The Southern Poverty Law Center released a report called: Whose Heritage? Public Symbols of the Confederacy.