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Tag: Southern History
The South During Reconstruction
Surprisingly little has been written of the dark period of American history known as the Reconstruction Era. Though, through the
The SCOTUS Case Everyone Forgot
Foreword: This post is a bit on the short side but important with all these controversial elections as of late.
Richard Jewell and Dixian Unity
A hero dragged through the mud.
The Environmental Impact of Reconstruction
The Reconstruction era was one of the darkest in American history in the eyes of unreconstructed Dixians. The economic, cultural,
Planters and the Poor Folk
Throughout Southern history there has existed a salient cultural dichotomy differentiating the Planter, later the Southern upper-class before and after
On the Development of Jim Crow and the Rise of Southern Populism
The Reconstruction Era was one of the most crucial moments in all of Southern history, yet tends to be heavily
1865: The Triumph of Commerce Over Agrarianism
The ruins of factories and military warehouses still smoldering, the victorious conqueror rides into his vanquished foe’s capitol flanked by
Far From Home
Once in a lifetime a person may meet another individual that strikes up some primal feeling in them. A sense
Thanks to the Wizard of the Saddle
Nathaniel Bedford Forrest now joins the likes of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in having a holiday to commemorate