Tag Archives: Abraham Lincoln

The Real Lost Cause

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Christopher Shelley

Because I’m up to my eyeballs grading midterms, I haven’t had a chance to finish my series on slavery as the cause of the Civil War. So, to entertain readers in the meantime, here’s a video of a talk by … Continue reading →

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The Myth of the Lost Cause

Posted on April 15, 2014 by Christopher Shelley

I suppose the first order of business is to establish just what this Lost Cause myth is. We’ll spend quite a number of blog pages explaining why it’s bogus. This overview is necessarily brief, but there are a number of … Continue reading →

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The True Blue Federalist

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Christopher Shelley

The True Blue Federalist I was at my favorite pub a while back, and a conversation began that drifted toward Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War. “Well you know,” said the guy on my right, “the war wasn’t really … Continue reading →

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