Author: Patrick Young
Resisting Carpet-Baggery And Mongrel Reconstruction in Virginia July 1868
In July 1868 Virginia was considering ratification of a new Constitution in line with the requirements imposed for its Reconstruction as a state and for…
Some Southern Women Wanted to Change the Words to Confederate National Anthem “Dixie”
We sometimes hear Confederate Heritage groups claim that moving a monument or taking down a Confederate Battle Flag amounts to “changing history.” What they don’t…
New Book on Reconstruction by Henry Louis Gates Reviewed by The Nation Magazine
The new book on the Reconstruction Era by Henry Louis Gates is reviewed by The Nation Magazine. Here is an excerpt from the review of…
September 4 1869: First Black Delegates Seated at a National Labor Union Convention
Prior to the Civil War, black workers were excluded from nearly every “white” labor union in the United States. During Reconstruction, the leaders of the…
“Raise High the White Man’s Banner” Democratic Campaign Song August 1868
The great Democratic Ratification meeting in New Orleans was one of many state or city gatherings organized by local Democrats to ratify Horatio Seymour as…
Slate Interviews Kevin Levin on His New Book “Searching for Black Confederates”
Slate has an interesting interview with Kevin Levin, the author of the new book Searching for Black Confederates. From the interview: Fast-forward to the civil…
Seeing Reconstruction in the Fall of 1868 Through the Eyes of The “Weekly Caucasian” Newspaper from Missouri
As many of you probably know, the Weekly Caucasian newspaper from Lexington, Missouri was a staunchly Democratic newspaper. Supporting the virtues of the Confederacy, applying…
WashPo: Modern Conservative Calls for “Civility” Echo Those of Confederates
Here is an interesting article in the Washington Post that finds that the modern conservative calls for civility echo similar appeals from Confederates 155 years…
Podcast from Slate Gabfest on NY Times’s 1619 Slavery Series
The new 1619 Project put out by the New York Times has both been incredibly popular and very controversial. The project observes the 400th Anniversary…
John B. Gordon to Black Voters “We opposed your freedom…because we had bought you” Sept. 1868
Former Confederate General John B. Gordon “reached out” to Black voters during the 1868 campaign to assure them that he and other whites had opposed…