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misanthrope

(7,411 posts) Fri Apr 24, 2020, 11:06 PM Apr 2020

Anyone here read Heather Cox Richardson's latest book?

"How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America"

Any feedback or reflections?

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Anyone here read Heather Cox Richardson's latest book? (Original Post) misanthrope Apr 2020 OP

It sounds fascinating. I've always been fascinated by the end of Reconstruction... First Speaker Apr 2020 #1

First Speaker

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1. It sounds fascinating. I've always been fascinated by the end of Reconstruction...

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Fri Apr 24, 2020, 11:15 PM

Apr 2020

...and the de facto re-enslavement of black Americans, and how the South conned the North into thinking that somehow, secession *wasn't* about defending slavery. How the North threw away the victory, and acquiesced in racism for nearly a century. It ends any notion that society can't regress, or that progress is inevitable...

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