Tag Archives: Confederate Constitution

Primary Sources: Slavery as the Cause of the Civil War

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Chris Mackowski

Last week, I had someone challenge me on Facebook about the cause of the Civil War. Because slavery wasn’t a cause of the war, he said, the point I was trying to make was moot. “It wasn’t *a* cause of … Continue reading →

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150 Years Ago Today…

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Phill Greenwalt

On Februrary 22, 1862, Jefferson Davis gave his inauguration address in front of George Washington’s statue on the grounds of the Virginia State Capitol. The year before he was elected provisional president of the Confederate States of American in Montgomery, … Continue reading →

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