Southern History Series: Race Relations In The Jim Crow South
In the Jim Crow South, Whites and blacks had their own spaces
southern heritage
Southern History Series: Confederate Racial Ideology
What did the Confederates really believe about race? Let’s find out
American History Series: The Origins of New England and Virginia
A comparison of the historical development of the New England and Chesapeake colonies
Southern History Series: The Alternative, A Separate Nationality, or the Africanization of the South (1861)
In 1861, the South had to secede from Black Republicanism to prevent the Africanization of Dixie
Ted Cruz Attacks Nathan Bedford Forrest
Nathan Bedford Forrest was a Democrat. The Democrats R Real Racists. Therefore, Nathan Bedford Forrest should not have a state holiday in Tennessee
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Wants To Replace a Confederate General With a Civil Rights Activist Monument on Capitol Hill
A statue of Confederate Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith will be replaced with one of civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune
Southern History Series: DeBow’s Review on African-Americans (1860)
What did the Confederates really believe about race?
Southern History Series: The Southern Race Creed
What did Southerners believe about race a century ago?
Southern History Series: Review: The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Geography
A book review of Richard Pillsbury’s The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Geography
Southern History Series: Review: Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World
A book review of David Brion Davis’ Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World
American History Series: Review: The Road to Disunion: Volume II: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861
A book review of William W. Freehling’s The Road to Disunion: Volume II: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861
American History Series: Review: What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848
A book review of Daniel Walker Howe’s What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848
Southern History Series: Slavery In Texas
Slavery had a bright future in Texas in 1861
American History Series: Review: Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
A book review of Gordon S. Wood’s Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815
Southern History Series: The Southern Founders
Who were the Founding Fathers? What did they believe?
Southern History Series: Review: The Day Dixie Died
A book review of Thomas and Debra Goodrich’s The Day Dixie Died: Southern Occupation, 1865-1866
People’s Republic of Cville Ends Celebration of Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday
Charlottesville will celebrate the arrival of the Union Army in 1865 instead
Southern History Series: Review: A History of Missouri, Volume III: 1860-1875
A book review of William E. Parrish’s A History of Missouri, Volume III: 1860-1875
Southern History Series: Review: The Other Irish
A book review of Karen F. McCarthy’s The Other Irish: The Scots-Irish Rascals Who Made America
Southern History Series: The Southernization of Missouri
Slavery, Civil War and the Politics of Identity in Missouri
Southern History Series: Review: The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Environment
A book review of Martin V. Melosi’s book The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Environment
Southern History Series: Review: The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Agriculture & Industry (Agriculture)
A book review of Melissa Walker and James C. Cobb’s The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Agriculture & Industry
Southern History Series: Review: Colonial South Carolina: A History
A book review of Robert M. Weir’s Colonial South Carolina: A History
Southern History Series: Maryland vs. Abraham Lincoln
According to Gen. George McClellan, Maryland was poised to secede in 1861 and join the Confederacy
Southern History Series: The Dred Scott Decision
In the Dred Scott decision, Chief Justice Roger Taney methodically used history and law to explain why blacks are not American citizens and how the Constitution was written only for the European posterity of the Founders
Southern History Series: Maryland, My Maryland
The first blood spilled in the War Between the States was in Baltimore in 1861
Southern History Series: The Red Neck War
The Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921 was quelled by the U.S. Army
Southern History Series: The Secret History of West Virginia
West Virginia was occupied by the Union Army and illegally torn from Virginia by a cabal in Wheeling
Southern History Series: Forging The Ethnostate
West Virginia originally banned all blacks in its state constitution
Southern History Series: The Kansas-Missouri Border War
Union General Thomas Ewing, Jr.’s General Order No.11 ethnically cleansed four counties in western Missouri
Southern History Series: How Missouri Joined The Union
General Nathaniel Lyon launched a putsch that decapitated Missouri’s state government
Southern History Series: Slavery In Missouri
Changing demographics thwarted secession in Missouri