Category: Civil War
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Know Your History: What the Emancipation Proclamation Really Did
It freed the slaves. Not really. What’s the deal? Let’s break it down a little so we can understand exactly why Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation was a master stroke of genius – even if it didn’t free one slave! It was late summer in 1962 and the war between the Union and Confederacy was not…
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On Confederate Flags and Democracy
It’s hard to miss the current flap about whether Confederate flags should be used in conjunction with … well, anything. This debate, of course, stems out of the horrific recent shooting at a South Carolina church where a young, self-avowed white supremacist killed nine African Americans. In response to this, many voices on each side…
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What is History: An Essay, Part I
History is an educated guess on a wing and a prayer. Mere shadows of the past come to life in history but can shadows be trusted? Our views of history can be revised, mis-understood or completely wrong. History can be pigeon-holed and molded to fit an ideology, point of view, or interpretation. History can drive…
Author Mark W Sasse 