u.s. civil war

A New York Times article attempts to portray a band of the libertarian spectrum as soft on slavery and confused about the Civil War. N.Y. Times: Libertarians Soft on Slavery, Confused About Civil War The New American 11 July 2013 As part of the establishment media’s ongoing project of...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/07/10/the-libertarian-war-over-the-civil-war/

Ideologically, why did the South want to secede? We all know that President Abe didn't want the South to leave the Union. But why did they want to leave? Abe certainly had no interest in freeing slaves until he started losing the war.

I though some here may be interested to read this story: http://news.yahoo.com/complete-civil-war-submarine-unveiled-first-time-004714070.html

Being a new public school teacher in Virginia, about a half hour from Appomattox Court House, I was sick to my stomach today. I teach V.A. and U.S. History to juniors and I am right in the middle of my Civil War Unit. Today the students learned about Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Address. I used...

Here is a summary and some thoughts on an article titled "Poverty", written by Michael B. Katz, history professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Both skilled and unskilled laborers suffered frequent periods of extreme hardships without government aid. Americans today don't realize how good...

If one looks at the general theme of socialism, it says that government can treat (or mistreat) all its citizens differently, using progressive taxation to rob some people & giving it to others is what socialism ideologically stands for. So should a free country that is founded on the principle...

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/08/civil.war.today/index.html?hpt=C1 Some Highlights:

I'm looking to get a good education on the Civil War and i can't seem to find any threads with book recommendations (on the civil war) in the forum. Can anyone here recommend me a book on the civil war that is FAIR and not completely biased toward the North? Thanks, Trey

Short answer, no. http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl3/morrill-act-at-150.html

I don't know if this topic has been discussed before because I haven't taken the time to search through the thousands of threads so I will just start this thread anyway. I was thinking the other day. I love star wars and used to watch it from the point of view of a neo-con type who supported...

http://www.thefoxnation.com/culture/2010/08/09/judge-napolitanos-history-liberty-pt-2-civil-war-gilded-age

This thread sparked my interest regarding slavery and the civil war. So, how long do you think it would have taken for free market forces to abolish slavery peacefully? Obviously by the early 1900's machinery was making crop harvesting far more productive and slavery certainly would no longer be...

What's up with Beck tonight? He statedL That the southern constitution was about slavery That that is why the civil war was fought That during the revolutionary war elected offices were held by 60-70% black leaders... In a country practicing slavery and were blacks were not allowed to...

http://www.mikelynaugh.com/VirtualCivilWar/New/Originals2/index.html Guys in trees watching a hanging.

If I could recommend one debate which is a prize of our times, it would be this debate: The North may have won the War against the South, but in that debate, the North gets its ass kicked by the South, with truth and historical accuracy! It is definitely worth watching.

This Is How You Deal With Liberals When It Comes To Race Issues

Some claim that the Civil War was justified because it ended slavery. But Union soldiers were drafted. Many men did not want to die, so they opposed joining the Union army. Yet they were forced into it and many of them died. Is it justified to trade the freedom and life of one man for the...

Ever watch Civil War Journal on the History Channel? Gawd, what a boring show, it reminds me of history channel's civil war game, and that was a very useless game! ever play it? They have some of the worst early morning programming that I've ever seen. I think I rather watch a kevin trudeau...

The Cause of the Civil War - Last Word Mr. Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion by James Buchanan (1866)...