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Robert Toombs of Georgia Speech on Leaving the Senate Explains Why Confederacy Was Created
Author: Patrick Young Published Date: November 17, 2022 5 Comments on Robert Toombs of Georgia Speech on Leaving the Senate Explains Why Confederacy Was Created
On January 7, 1861, Robert Toombs of Georgia delivered his speech explaining why he was leaving the United States Senate. I had originally planned on…
Gen. Robert Toombs: Reconstruction Is “Subjection of the Caucasian to the African and the Scalawag” Sept. 1868
Author: Patrick Young Published Date: January 17, 2020 1 Comment on Gen. Robert Toombs: Reconstruction Is “Subjection of the Caucasian to the African and the Scalawag” Sept. 1868
Robert Toombs was an important political and military leader of the Confederacy. A pre-war Whig, he became a Democrat. Here is a report on a…
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