The prelude, conduct, aftermath and political consequences of the U.S. War between the States (1861-1865 AD)
By N. Joseph Potts ∙ March 4, 2019
Even as New Orleans dismantles and sequesters the 1877 statue of Robert E. Lee adorning the center of “Lee Circle” in New Orleans, ground is being broken in London’s Victoria Tower Gardens Park for a memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. Memorials come, memorials go. In the former Soviet Union, statues of Stalin and…
By Jett Rucker ∙ July 1, 2010
The True Story of Andersonville Prison, by James Madison Page and M. J. Haley. Digital Scanning, Inc., Scituate, Mass. 1999 [1908] 248 pp. Rather like history in general, revisionism seems to be grouped into “waves” or “generations” that follow major wars. Thus, Harry Elmer Barnes led the first major wave of revisionism that seemed, at…
By Doug Bandow ∙ March 1, 1996
Doug Bandow is the author of The Politics of Plunder: Misgovernment in Washington and The Politics of Envy: Statism as Theology, both published by Transaction. This essay is reprinted from the March 1996 issue of Freedom Daily, published monthly by the The Future of Freedom Foundation (11350 Random Hills Rd., Ste. 800, Fairfax, VA 22030)….
By Thomas Dilorenzo ∙ March 1, 1995
Thomas DiLorenzo is professor of economics at Loyola College in Baltimore, and an adjunct scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute (Auburn, Ala. 36849-5301). This essay is reprinted from the October 1994 issue of The Free Market, a monthly newsletter published by the Mises Institute. The NAACP is threatening to boycott South Carolina businesses unless…
By Robert Morgan ∙ September 1, 1993
Robert Morgan is the pen name of a writer who holds a bachelor degree in general studies from Indiana University-Purdue University (Indianapolis), as well as graduate certificates in Public Management (Indiana University, South Bend) and Labor Union Studies (I.U.Purdue, Indianapolis). He is currently working toward a Master of Public Affairs degree (I.U., South Bend). He…
By Sam Dickson ∙ October 1, 1986
The astonishing thing about this paper on Abraham Lincoln is that it is needed at all or is considered controversial. In my opinion, one does not have to be a scholar to ferret out obscure and suppressed facets of history to see Abraham Lincoln as he was. My views on this subject are not unusual….
By Mark Weber ∙ July 1, 1981
No aspect of the American Civil War left behind a greater legacy of bitterness and acrimony than the treatment of prisoners of war. “Andersonville” still conjures up images of horror unmatched in American History. And although Northern partisans still invoke the infamous Southern camp to defame the Confederacy, the Union had its share of equally…
By John Weir ∙ May 1, 2004
Walter D. Kennedy, Myths of American Slavery, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna LA 2003, 234 pp., hc, photos, addenda, notes, bibliography and index, $24.95 “Slaves, in all things obey those who are your masters on earth, not with external service, as those who merely please men, but with the sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.”—Colossians 3:22…
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