It was not slavery. Philip Leigh, Abbeville Institute: (T)he North was more dependent upon the domestic economy than was the South. In 1860 Southern exports totaled $214 million as compared to only $47 million from the North. Moreover, the nation’s largest manufacturing industry, cotton textiles, was concentrated in New England […]
Category: Civil War
That Flag
Our Future?
I don’t know what point the filmmakers are trying to make with this movie. Think back to the 1860’s, however. The forces controlling the federal government are not likely to permit secession without a huge fight:
The Truth About Lincoln
Clyde Wilson, Abbeville Institute: There has always been a minority who have questioned the folklore (about Abraham Lincoln). They have pointed out that Lincoln was a wealthy corporation lawyer and a crafty and pathologically ambitious politician, who had an ambiguous and opportunistic relationship to slavery and Christianity. Who carried out […]