Meacham goes all historical for the 'neo-Confederates' out there who apparently need a reminder, if not an education.
"As the sesquicentennial of Fort Sumter approaches in 2011, the enduring problem for neo-Confederates endures: anyone who seeks an Edenic Southern past in which the war was principally about states’ rights and not slavery is searching in vain, for the Confederacy and slavery are inextricably and forever linked."
As a proud Georgia native, I've never understood why so many of my fellow southerners feel the need to tie their southern pride to the Confederacy. Does the South really have so little to be proud of....that we have to cling to a flag that symbolizes, among other things, a state's right to own people? I too hope the 'South rises again'....this time leaving all the ignorance and hatred behind.
And btw, Jon Meacham.....he's a Tennessee boy. Still lives there with his wife....a belle from Mississippi.
How bout that.
-TRS
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