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A Southern Belle Set a Child Molester Up as a Paragon of Christian Virtue for Black People

 Author: Patrick Young  Published Date: November 13, 2022  2 Comments on A Southern Belle Set a Child Molester Up as a Paragon of Christian Virtue for Black People

Virginia Clay-Cloptin was in her mid-30s when the Civil War began. The prominent wife of a United States senator who resigned from Congress when his…

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