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: […]
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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 […]
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 […]