Creating a Confederate Kentucky
Kentucky This looks interesting … might review this book next month. Kentucky seceded from the Union after the War Between the States. “Marshall traces the […]
American South
Confederate History Month 2012: Robert Barnwell Rhett on Free Negroes and Resistance
South Carolina I could easily retire from blogging for two or three years and amuse myself exclusively with researching the life of Robert Barnwell Rhett: […]
Confederate History Month 2012: The True Question: A Contest for the Supremacy of Race, as Between the Saxon Puritan of the North, and the Norman of the South (1861)
Virginia William Falconer’s The True Question: A Contest for the Supremacy of Race, as Between the Saxon Puritan of the North, and the Norman of […]
Confederate History Month 2012: Robert Barnwell Rhett on the “Age of Reason”
South Carolina Here’s another except from Rhett: The Turbulent Life and Times of a Fire-Eater on the Enlightenment: “And there was another threat. At Beaufort […]
Confederate History Month 2012: Nathaniel Beverley Tucker on Race and Secession
Virginia Nathaniel Beverley Tucker of Virginia, the half brother of John Randolph, is one of the most obscure, but ultimately one of the most important […]
Confederate History Month 2012: A Southern Republic and a Northern Democracy (1863)
Virginia Frank A. Alfriend’s A Southern Republic and a Northern Democracy appeared in the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond in May 1863: “It is no […]
Confederate History Month 2012: The Southern Cross (1861)
Virginia St. George Tucker’s The Southern Cross appeared in the Southern Literary Messenger in March 1861: Oh, say can you see, through the gloom and […]
Confederate History Month 2012: Characteristics and Capabilities of the Negro Race (1861)
Virginia This is an excerpt from William Holcombe’s Characteristics and Capabilities of the Negro Race which appeared in the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond in […]
Vox Day’s John Derbyshire Interview
Dixie John Derbyshire writes: “I’m sorry to sound defensive on National Review’s behalf, but it is something they have to do, to some degree. I […]
Confederate History Month 2012: The Races of Men (1860)
Virginia This is an excerpt from Henry Washington’s The Races of Men which appeared in the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond in April 1860: “I […]
Robert Barnwell Rhett vs. The Submissionists
South Carolina Here’s a link to the SNN podcast that I did this afternoon about Robert Barnwell Rhett, who is often described as the “Father […]
The Perverse “Conservatism” of National Review
National Review Maggie Gallagher’s contribution to Derb’s firing is the most perverse example yet of the type of “conservatism” that you will find on display […]
Confederate History Month 2012: The Alternative, A Separate Nationality, or the Africanization of the South (1861)
Virginia This is an excerpt from WM H. Holcombe’s “The Alternative, A Separate Nationality, or the Africanization of the South” that appeared in the Southern […]
Confederate History Month 2012: The Road to Fort Sumter
American South Guess we will watch a video today: Here’s an excerpt from South Carolina commissioner John McQueen speaking before the Texas Convention: South Carolina […]
Confederate History Month 2012: Robert Barnwell Rhett on Nationalism
South Carolina I’m pleased to announce that my copy of William C. Davis’s Rhett: The Turbulent Life and Times of a Fire Eater arrived in […]
BRA’s New National Anthem
United States My initial reaction to George Zimmerman being arrested and charged with second degree murder was outrage. As I walked off my disgust, I […]
George Zimmerman … Final Result, What We Already Knew
Florida “The one great evil from which all other evils have flowed, is the overthrow of the Constitution of the United States. The Government of […]
Confederate History Month 2012: Robert Barnwell Rhett on American Patriotism
South Carolina H/T SNN Pretty sums up my own view of the United States: “The star-spangled banner no longer waves in triumph and glory for […]
Confederate History Month 2012: William Lowndes Yancey on The Temple of Our Liberty
Tennessee This excerpt from William Lowndes Yancey’s Memphis speech seems a fitting way to celebrate Confederate History Month 2012 on Easter Sunday: “If the temple […]
Confederate History Month 2012: “Pitchfork” Ben Tillman on The Irrepressible Conflict
South Carolina Chauncey DeVega is absolutely right when he claims we are “the intellectual and emotive kin of racist White populists who lived centuries before.” […]
Why Don’t Black People Swim?
Louisiana Does anyone here want to take a shot at answering this question? It sounds apropos in light of John Derbyshire getting slammed for bringing […]
Confederate History Month 2012: Mississippi’s Declaration of Causes of Secession
Mississippi Mississippi’s official Declaration of Causes explains why Mississippi seceded from the United States: “Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery — […]
Confederate History Month 2012: John Wilkes Booth on Race
Maryland John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated the tyrant Abraham Lincoln for endorsing “nigger citizenship” in Louisiana, was a diehard Confederate nationalist from Maryland. “This country […]
Confederate History Month 2012: Stephen F. Hale’s Letter To Kentucky
Alabama Commissioner Stephen F. Hale of Alabama attempts to persuade his native state Kentucky to secede from the Union. “What Southern man, be he slave-holder […]
White Supremacists Discourse Poison The Media
United States He’s starting to catch on … we’re the ones who assassinated the myth of Trayvon Martin. Ta-Nehisi Coates is starting to catch on […]
Confederate History Month 2012: William L. Harris Addresses the Georgia Secession Convention
Georgia William L. Harris of Mississippi addresses the Georgia secession convention and gives a fire-eating statement of Confederate nationalism. As Harris explains to the Georgia […]
Kwesi Mfume Slaps Down Rainbow Confederates
Dixie I found this at the Southern Heritage Non-Preservation Group on Facebook: The NAACP is absolutely right. I believe this is the first time that […]
Great Moments in Southern Heritage: George Wallace’s Inauguration Speech
Alabama To echo Charles Barron, I sometimes feel like slapping a Rainbow Confederate just for my mental health, and because this needs to be said […]
Confederate History Month 2012: Alexander Stephens’ The Cornerstone Speech
Georgia Alexander Stephens’ Cornerstone Speech in Savannah is unquestionably the most famous speech associated with the Confederacy. Stephens was speaking extemporaneously and later complained that […]
Lynching The Tree Honky
South Carolina Do you think CNN and MSNBC might devote a segment to this? Note: The SPLC is mysteriously silent.
Confederate History Month 2012: Robert Barnwell Rhett on Disunion
South Carolina H/T SNN In a sense, Tim Wise is right that “there are some in the white community” who want to take us back […]
Trayvon Martin Supporters Attack Confederate Monuments
Louisiana Trayvon Martin supporters have attacked and defaced three Confederate monuments in New Orleans. This comes in the wake of the mysterious disappearance of the […]