Category: CIVIL WAR
The Confederate Flag Will No Longer Fly at the South Carolina State Capitol
The governor is removing the Confederate flag from the South Carolina State Capitol, but Southern politicians are still careful not to offend the folks who are proud of their Confederate heritage ... Read More
What Would Black History Look Like if the Reconstruction Had Continued?
If the Federal Army had stayed in the South longer, if the Reconstruction had lasted longer, if America didn't experience the century-long setback that came after the Federal Army left, what would black history look like now? ... Read More
Slaveholders, Militant Immediatists and Others on the Abolition Spectrum
White Slaveholders, Black slaveholders, gradualists, immediatists, persuasive abolitionists,moral abolitionists and those who wanted all blacks shipped to Liberia -- they covered a broad spectrum of opinions that ranged from pro slavery to unconditional freedom ... Read More
What Is Good History Education: Civil War Battles or Why They Were Fought?
In good history education, the focus is not the war itself. (In this case the American Civil War.) It's why it was fought, the effects of a war on the following years, decades, centuries, and most importantly, what we learned from it ... Read More
Slavery and the American Civil War: A Quick When and Why
There's really no such thing as a quick overview of American slavery and the Civil War, so this is turning into a series ... Read More