Add to ORKGA few weeks ago one of our readers posted a comment on one of our blog posts asking for a “best guess” as to when slavery would have ended in the South had the Confederacy been successful in winning its independence. There is, of course, no easy answer to this question, as counter-factual history is just that: not factual. However, the question is an important one that deserves attention and at the very least can be used to explore some ways in which slavery can be contextualized in the Civil War era. [excerpt
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This thesis places slavery at the center of all aspects of the Confederate war effort; from the begi...
Thus far we’ve talked about predominately white Union and Confederate views of the Confederate flag,...
Together with his own inimitable style of expression and fertility of mind, William W. Freehling has...
Cause for concern The approaching crisis What caused the Civil War? That question seems simple to...
Desperate Measures The Southern Plans of Emancipation Sparked by a proposal by Major General Patr...
Interactions Between Slavery and the State Central to the Confederate military effort was the mobili...
As we think about endings, however, it is also useful to think about beginnings. That is what Presid...
Confederate class conflict The war within the war Why the Confederacy lost is a question almost as...
Unionism in the Slave States in Wartime Two key facts about wartime Southern Unionism stand out. Fir...
We All Whistle Dixie The World of a Split Polity What if? This is a favorite subject for many civ...
Interview with Chandra Manning Interviewed by Christopher Childers Civil War Book Review (CWBR): ...
Whether through legal assault, private manumissions or slave revolt, the institution of slavery weat...
This paper seeks to make clear the root of the American Civil War- economic problems. And in the mea...
This paper examines why the American Civil War took place and what the modern significance of the co...
As the 150th anniversary of the Civil War winds down toward its conclusion in the spring, it\u27s di...
This thesis places slavery at the center of all aspects of the Confederate war effort; from the begi...
Thus far we’ve talked about predominately white Union and Confederate views of the Confederate flag,...
Together with his own inimitable style of expression and fertility of mind, William W. Freehling has...
Cause for concern The approaching crisis What caused the Civil War? That question seems simple to...