Thursday, April 7, 2011

David Goldfield: North Shares More Blame For The WBTS


"Now this is an interesting take. Many traditionalists, like me, have argued that at least part of the cause of the WBTS was the self-righteous attitude of Northern abolitionists who saw many Southerners as immoral, backward, evil slaveholders. These transcendentalists wished to create their version of utopia by yielding their terrible swift sword and splashing around in blood. Hallelujah.

Neo-Confederate hogwash you say? Not according to more recent scholarship:"

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