>>> Brad De Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/13/00 05:32PM >>>
> >>> Michael Hoover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/12/00 05:48PM >>btw:
>Michael Parenti has noted that policy of containing spread of
>slavery was promptly reversed following death of President Zachary
>Taylor (southern slaveowner opposed to
> >>> Michael Hoover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/12/00 05:48PM >>btw:
>Michael Parenti has noted that policy of containing spread of
>slavery was promptly reversed following death of President Zachary
>Taylor (southern slaveowner opposed to extension of slavery and
>secession) death. Parenti's artic
>>> Michael Hoover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 05/12/00 05:48PM >>btw: Michael Parenti
>has noted that policy of containing spread of
slavery was promptly reversed following death of President Zachary
Taylor (southern slaveowner opposed to extension of slavery and
secession) death. Parenti's article
> Carrol wrote:
> >The causes of the Slave Drivers' Rebellion are complicated, *but*
> >it is doubtful that all the other reasons would have led to actual war
> >were it not for the belief of the Southern Slaveocrats that slavery was
> >in danger.
>
> There's a whole lit on this that suggests tha
Carrol wrote:
>The causes of the Slave Drivers' Rebellion are complicated, *but*
>it is doubtful that all the other reasons would have led to actual war
>were it not for the belief of the Southern Slaveocrats that slavery was
>in danger.
There's a whole lit on this that suggests that it wasn't th
The causes of the Slave Drivers' Rebellion are complicated, *but*
it is doubtful that all the other reasons would have led to actual war
were it not for the belief of the Southern Slaveocrats that slavery was
in danger. The Articles of Confederation have several clauses aimed
at guaranteeing the p
Rob writes:
>About this Civil War business (a topic the judicious foreigner should
>leave well alone, I know). Ain't it true that the War is remembered by
>only the northerners as a war about slavery? I'm not even sure most *at
>the time* had it down as a war about slavery. Anyway, why a
>b
G'day all,
About this Civil War business (a topic the judicious foreigner should leave
well alone, I know). Ain't it true that the War is remembered by only the
northerners as a war about slavery? I'm not even sure most *at the time*
had it down as a war about slavery. Anyway, why a blue-unifo
Anyone interested in being disabused of the notion that only the Southern
U.S. is filled with racist and misleading historical sites should read James
Loewen's excellent new book: "Lies Across America: What Our Historical Sites
Get Wrong" (New Press, 1999). The book takes the reader on a tour of
