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Tag: slavery

  • Review: “What this Cruel War was Over”

    In the great debate of Slavery Vs. State’s rights, there is a new recruit on the field. One who immensely researched letters, diaries, and journals from soldiers on the front line to get, straight from their own mouths, what they as individuals were fighting over. Chandra Manning’s What This Cruel War was Over: Soldiers, Slavery, […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: June 2, 2006

    Air Date: 060206 Subject: Fergus M. Bordewich: Bound for Canaan on the Underground Railroad Book:  Bound For Canaan: The Underground Railroad and the War for the Soul of America Guest: Fergus M. Bordewich Summary: One of the paths that led to the Civil War was a hidden one: the Underground Railroad. Fergus M. Bordewich, author […]

  • Civil War Talk Radio: October 28, 2005

    Air Date: 102805 Subject: Gary Gallagher: Causes Lost and Won Books: The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History Guest: Gary Gallagher Summary: Prolific Civil War author Dr. Gary Gallagher discusses why the South lost, black Confederates, how battlefields should be interpreted, and other controversial topics. Brett’s Summary: The basic summary pretty much […]