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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
The Derb Gets “Uppity,” Forgets His Place, Gets Fired
Virginia Jared Taylor writes: “But what does it say about our country that even “conservatives”—and only “conservatives”—suffer from such hair-trigger nervousness about race?” I will […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Al Sharpton on Media Manipulation
New York I feel like spinning this golden oldie of the “Reverend” Al Sharpton this morning:
Andy Hall’s Endorsement
Texas The self-hating negrophiles in the scalawag community have been offended by the content of this website. They are not used to dealing with people […]
Nathan Bedford Forrest Bronze Bust Stolen In Selma
Alabama The bronze bust of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest in Live Oak Cemetery in Selma has disappeared. It was stolen in the middle of the […]
Liberal Democrat Proposes Removing Charlottesville Confederate Statues
Virginia Here’s a better idea: I propose we deport Kristin Szakos and her communist husband back to Hungary. We should tear down the Arthur Ashe […]
Southern Civilization; or, The Norman in America
Dixie In DeBow’s Review, J. Quitman Moore on the racial differences between the Anglo-Saxon and Normans, Puritans and Cavaliers, Yankees and Southerners: “But, when the […]
Alexander Stephens’ A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States
Georgia Alexander Stephens explains why the Southern states seceded from the Union and created the Confederacy: “Considerations connected with the legal status of the Black […]
DeBow’s Review on African-Americans (1860)
Dixie Here’s a link to a funny article from DeBow’s Review called “Free Negro Rule”: “We are in search of a moral, happy, and voluntarily […]
Jefferson Davis Farewell Speech
Mississippi Jefferson Davis addressed the topic of negro equality in his own Farewell Speech to the U.S. Senate. The Black Republicans were justifying the doctrine […]
Rhett: A Fire Eater Remembers
South Carolina Robert Barnwell Rhett of South Carolina is always a pleasure to read. His thoughts are like a ray of sunshine among the dark clouds […]
Alexander Stephens’ Virginia Convention Speech
Virginia In his Virginia Convention Speech, Alexander Stephens offers us a real contrast to the Baby Boomer muddleheadness that is so predominant in the “Southern […]
Robert Toombs’ Farewell Speech
Georgia Sen. Robert Toombs of Georgia delivers his farewell speech to the U.S. Senate: “Very well; you not only want to break down our constitutional […]
Virginia Flaggers vs. VMFA
Virginia Brooks D. Simpson has brought up the Virginia Flaggers in the context of my debate with Connie Chastain. I know very little about this […]
The Crusader: Sen. John Tyler Morgan and African Colonization
Alabama Sen. John Tyler Morgan of Alabama has always been one of my personal heroes. Morgan began his career as an aide to the fire […]
The Chastain Debate: Perish The South Rather Than a Principle
Alabama “Perish the colonies, rather than sacrifice one iota of our principles.” – Maximillien Robespierre I’m not sure how many OD readers saw the 400+ […]
Thomas DiLorenzo on Alabama and Mississippi Primaries
Alabama Sad, but true: Alabama and Mississippi have been added to South Carolina on the list of southern states that overwhelmingly supported warmongering neocons over […]
Robert Barnwell Rhett’s “Union of the White Race of the South”
South Carolina Robert Barnwell Rhett, the “father of secession,” looked forward to the day when the South would rise again and secede from the United […]
Brooks D. Simpson on Robert E. Lee
New York Brooks D. Simpson has noticed the recent post here about Robert E. Lee’s support for the expulsion of African-Americans from Virginia. He also […]
Tim Wise’s New Book: Dear White America
Tennessee Tim Wise has penned us a new love letter: Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority. The book was published in January without […]
Apostles of Disunion: The Case for Southern Secession
Dixie Why did the Deep South secede from the United States and form the Confederacy in 1861? Charles B. Dew answered this question in Apostles […]
Ice Age Columbus: Europeans Arrived First In North America
Ice Age This is truly the best news that has come across my desk in a long time. Note: Kyle Bristow anticipated this in White […]
Robert E. Lee on African-Americans
Virginia In the aftermath of the War Between the States, General Robert E. Lee was interviewed by the Joint Committee on Reconstruction. Lee testified before […]