tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post7092144973257159948..comments2024-03-29T14:03:27.321+02:00Comments on Dispatches from Vilnius: Race and ReunionJames Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-25353913951245938312010-12-07T09:43:31.819+02:002010-12-07T09:43:31.819+02:00South Carolina voted to secede twice before. The ...South Carolina voted to secede twice before. The first time in 1830, which Andrew Jackson promptly rebuffed. I think a lot of what Webster and others said was just rhetoric. I don't think there were any serious attempts to secede from the Union by northern states, although they grew increasingly frustrated with the dual economy that had developed in the US, and the many concessions that James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-57953058184012342152010-12-02T17:53:54.099+02:002010-12-02T17:53:54.099+02:00Another way of looking at this question:
http://o...Another way of looking at this question:<br /><br />http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/01/the-cultural-roots-of-disunion/avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-48537143660657142552010-12-02T16:18:14.957+02:002010-12-02T16:18:14.957+02:00This is an amazing book because it does show how h...This is an amazing book because it does show how history is constructed and how it changes over time. Even decoration day was taken over by the north to honor all soldiers, not just those killed in the war and honored by freed slaves.avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.com