Southern History Series: Thomas Jefferson on Sectional Differences
In a 1785 letter to the Marquis de Chastellux, Thomas Jefferson characterized the differences between Northerners and Southerners
Culture
Southern History Series: Allen Tate on Social Justice
In Allen Tate’s poetry, order and civilization take precedence over the claims of equality and social justice
Southern History Series: The Rebel Yell
Confederate veterans let loose the real rebel yell
Southern History Series: Religion and the Scots-Irish Frontier Experience
White Southerners largely came to the New World from Great Britain as Anglicans and Presbyterians, but later became Baptists and Methodists. Why did this happen?
Southern History Series: German Romanticism’s Impact on the Antebellum South
The American South was heavily influenced by the organicist tradition of Romantic social theory
Review: Game of Thrones Finale (WARNING: Spoilers Ahead)
Who won the Iron Throne?
Southern History Series: Review: Disunion! The Coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859
A book review of Elizabeth R. Varon’s Disunion! The Coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859
Southern History Series: Review: Shifting Grounds: Nationalism & the American South, 1848-1865
A book review of Paul Quigley’s Shifting Grounds: Nationalism & the American South, 1848-1865
Southern History Series: Review: Hubs of Empire
A book review of Matthew Mulcahy’s Hubs of Empire: The Southeastern Lowcountry and British Caribbean
Southern History Series: Founding Greater Caribbean
The culture of the Deep South got its start as an extension of the older culture of the British West Indies
Southern History Series: The White Man’s Revolution of 1876
South Carolina was redeemed in 1876 when its people united behind Wade Hampton III, the greatest of all planters, and his Red Shirt Army which brought down Reconstruction
Tomi Lahren: Alabama’s New Abortion Ban Is Too Restrictive
Don’t Tread On My Vagina!
Southern History Series: John C. Calhoun’s Scots-Irish Ethnic Heritage
Sen. John C. Calhoun of South Carolina was the South’s most eloquent slaveowner. He was also Scots-Irish
Axios: The American Baby Bust
In the greatest economy in American history, children are increasingly unaffordable
Southern History Series: The Strange Career of Solomon Blatt
In South Carolina, Solomon Blatt led the fight to preserve white supremacy and segregation. He was also Jewish
Game of Thrones: The Mad Queen
No one should be surprised by last night’s shocking episode of Game of Thrones
Southern History Series: March of the Deathless Dead
Father Abram Joseph Ryan was the poet priest of the Confederacy
Southern History Series: The Virginians of the Valley
The Virginia Cavaliers used to be more than a sports team. It actually meant something
Happy Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day is one of our best holidays
Rebel Yell: American Nations, Spanish Caribbean
The plantation complex spread throughout the Caribbean, South America and the American South
Transsexuals Are Being Classified As Mentally Ill In China
Transgender ideology is being crushed in China
Southern History Series: The Cotton Gin
How did the development of the cotton gin alter the economy and culture of the Deep South?
Jeff Giesea: How To Defend America?
In order to defend Americanism, you have to be rooted in an American tradition
Southern History Series: A Southern Republic and a Northern Democracy (1863)
The Confederacy sought to create a Patrician Republic more congenial to the culture of the Cavalier
Southern History Series: The Southern Cross (1861)
From the shores of the Gulf to the Delaware’s slope
Southern History Series: French Regrets
In the aftermath of the War Between the States, the French came to regret their decision not to intervene and save Western civilization from the excesses of liberalism
Southern History Series: A 1950s View of the Southern Plantation System
A less hysterical age looks back more objectively at the plantation system of the Old South
Southern History Series: Founding Deep South
In 1670 and 1671, the founding fathers of the Deep South arrived from the Caribbean and dropped anchor off the coast of what is now Charleston
Southern History Series: Liberty: Its True Meaning In Carolina
In the Deep South, the meaning of liberty was economic prosperity and growth
Southern History Series: John Crowe Ransom On Progress
The Southern idea vs. the American idea
Southern History Series: Born Fighting: The Scots-Irish
Documentary: Jim Webb’s Born Fighting: The Scots-Irish
Southern History Month 2019: Liberty: Its True Meaning In The Backcountry
In the Backcountry, the meaning of liberty was symbolized by the rattlesnake. It meant leave me alone