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The Actual Civil War Was Also Preceded by Fiction That Imagined, “What if America Had a Civil War?”
Slate via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThe year is 1849. Martin Van Buren has just been sworn in for his fourth term as president. Every...
It's Claimed that Only 1.6% of US Citizens Owned Slaves In 1860. We Ran the Numbers
Snopes via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTwitter/Wallace Moura/Getty Images On April 2, 2024, the claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned...
The Lemmon Case: 1852-1860, A Prelude to the Civil War exhibit
Press-Republican, Plattsburgh, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 16—PLATTSBURGH — "The Lemmon Case: 1852-1860, A Prelude to the Civil War" is on a 90-week tour to 45 courthouses across New York State. This panel exhibit of the landmark Court of Appeals ...
Pitts: Fayetteville Civil War center a go; speaker shows why that’s great
The Fayetteville Observer via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLast Monday, the Fayetteville City Council in a 9-0 vote authorized $6.6 million to go toward the NC...
Opinion: We could be witnessing the Republican Party break apart in real time
CNN via Yahoo News· 8 months agoEditor’s note: Thomas Balcerski teaches history at Eastern Connecticut State University. He is the...
Did the Confederates have a point, kind of? Here's a hint: not really
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 months agoRobert E Lee statue removal Eze Amos/Getty Images There’s no doubt that Australian law professor...
Should a Florida state park still honor the Confederacy? Calls for change go unheard
Bradenton Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn a sunny spring day at a state park in Florida, the United Daughters of the Confederacy threw a...
Are Our Oligarchs Going to Drag Us Into Civil War?
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe headline in this week’s Fortune reads: “Billionaire investor Ray Dalio warns U.S. is ‘on the brink’ and estimates a more than 1 in 3 chance of civil...
Conservative commentator falsely claims US presidents can cancel federal elections
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 month agoNeither two world wars nor a global pandemic have kept the United States presidential election from...
Reflections on Lincoln, creation of Idaho Territory and the state of modern politics | Opinion
Idaho Statesman McClatchy Articles via AOL· 1 year agoEvery time February rolls around, as Lincoln’s birthday causes us to reflect on the Civil War and...
