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Blog Poor Poe At the University of Virginia, Room No.13 on the fabled Lawn is reserved as a…Casey ChalkOctober 25, 2021
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Blog A Good Southerner is Hard to Find Perhaps it was after watching yet another film depicting the South as irredeemably backwards and…Casey ChalkSeptember 21, 2021
Blog I Will Make My Lineage Known Regarding Afghanistan. There is nothing to say that has not been said better by those,…Enoch CadeSeptember 20, 2021
BlogPodcast Podcast Episode 279 The Week in Review at the Abbeville Institute Sept 13-17, 2021 Topics: Robert E. Lee,…Brion McClanahanSeptember 18, 2021
Blog Writing History Books Without History The numerous declarations among "right-wing" websites, blogs, and print publications usually present a conundrum of…Paul H. YarbroughSeptember 17, 2021
Blog The Uneducated Antebellum South? Conditions and Limitations of Southern Educational Efforts. In the discussion of educational interests and educational…Robert Burwell FultonSeptember 16, 2021
Blog What Makes This Musician Great?–Freddy Fender Freddy Fender? You mean that Mexican fella? No, I mean the Southern musical pioneer from…Tom DanielSeptember 15, 2021
Review Posts Break It Up A review of Break It Up: Secession, Division, and the Secret History of America’s Imperfect…Terry HulseySeptember 14, 2021
Blog Lee Memorial Ode This piece was originally published in the Confederate Veteran, Vol. 22, Issue 2, 1914. Replies…James Barron HopeSeptember 13, 2021
BlogPodcast Podcast Episode 278 The Week in Review at the Abbeville Institute Sep 6-10, 2021 Topics: Robert E. Lee,…Brion McClanahanSeptember 11, 2021
Blog Against the Cruise Ship Historians The court historian is as old as history itself. Early states were based on the…Jason MorganSeptember 10, 2021
Blog The Journey from Canaan to Carolina Biblical history tells us that Abrahamic monotheism, the foundation of not only Judaism but Christianity…John MarquardtSeptember 9, 2021
Blog What Makes This Musician Great?–Bill Monroe As I talk to people about American music and Southern music, I’ve noticed that many…Tom DanielSeptember 8, 2021
Blog The Unwanted Southern Conservatives No discussion of Southern conservatism, its history and its relationship to what is termed…Boyd CatheySeptember 7, 2021
Blog If We Don’t Take Our Stand Now, It Will Be Too Late It seems clear to many of us that there are two rising tides in American…Ben JonesSeptember 6, 2021
BlogPodcast Podcast Episode 277 The Week in Review at the Abbeville Institute, August 30 - September 3, 2021 Topics:…Brion McClanahanSeptember 4, 2021
Blog Gaul Was Divided in Three Editor's note: The following story was told by "Private" John Allen, a Congressmen from Mississippi…John M. AllenSeptember 3, 2021
Blog The Blessings and Security of Self Government THOMAS JEFFERSON TO ROGER C. WEIGHTMAN MONTICELLO, June 24, 1826. RESPECTED SIR: The kind invitation…Thomas JeffersonSeptember 2, 2021
Blog Washington vs. Lee L. Q. C. LAMAR TO THE VICKSBURG COMMITTEE OXFORD, Miss., Dec. 5, 1870. To Col.…Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus LamarSeptember 1, 2021
Blog What Makes This Musician Great?–Robert Johnson The sixth Southern musician to be examined in this series of What Makes This Musician…Tom DanielAugust 31, 2021
Blog The Carolina Couch Controversy Originally published in the March 1998 issue of Reason magazine. Local busybodies target the front…John Shelton ReedAugust 30, 2021
BlogPodcast Podcast Episode 276 The Week in Review at the Abbeville Institute, Aug 23-27, 2021 Topics: Southern tradition, Southern…Brion McClanahanAugust 28, 2021
Blog The Last Address The following is an excerpt from the forthcoming book, The Last Words, The Farewell Addresses…Michael R. BradleyAugust 27, 2021
Blog Jefferson Davis on Slavery in the Territories The modern academic narrative says that the South’s purpose in secession and war was to…Rod O'BarrAugust 26, 2021
Blog What Makes This Musician Great?–Carl Perkins In this fifth installment of the series “What Makes This Musician Great,” we will travel…Tom DanielAugust 25, 2021
Review Posts Our Comfort in Dying A review of Our Comfort in Dying (Sola Fide Publications, 2021), R. L. Dabney and…Forrest L. MarionAugust 24, 2021
Blog Staying Home Americans have a weird relationship with their roots. Most folk want to be from somewhere,…Casey ChalkAugust 23, 2021
Podcast Podcast Episode 275 The Week in Review at the Abbeville Institute Aug 16-20, 2021 Topics: Southern tradition, Southern…Brion McClanahanAugust 21, 2021
Blog American Aurelius Esteem you for your genius? Just a little— But most of all your people loved…Thomas RileyAugust 20, 2021
Blog So, it was a Civil War after all… “In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of…Valerie ProtopapasAugust 19, 2021
Blog What Makes This Musician Great?–Maybelle Carter When I was a kid, we had a bully in school who delighted in picking…Tom DanielAugust 18, 2021
Blog You Lost. Get Over It The opponents of Southern heritage often repeat the trope: “You lost, get over it.” One…Rev. Larry BeaneAugust 17, 2021
Blog Can the South Rise Again? Growing up in mostly-rural North Carolina, most of my friends and especially their parents could…Boyd CatheyAugust 16, 2021
Podcast Podcast Episode 274 The Week in Review at the Abbeville Institute, Aug 9-13, 2021 Topics: The War, Secession,…Brion McClanahanAugust 14, 2021
Blog The Truth About Tariffs and the War During the past thirty years most historians claim that slavery was the dominant cause of…Philip LeighAugust 13, 2021
Blog Historical Context Explains Secession That Southern secession was ultimately about independence with or without slavery is easily determined by…Rod O'BarrAugust 12, 2021
Blog What Makes This Musician Great?–Ray Charles In this third installment of the series “What Makes this Musician Great,” I will try…Tom DanielAugust 11, 2021
Review Posts Chaining Down Leviathan A review of Chaining Down Leviathan: The American Dream of Self-Government 1776-1865 (Abbeville Institute Press,…Dave BennerAugust 10, 2021
Blog The South’s Monument Man The Ten Commandments of the Old Testament (Exodus 20:2-17) are the creed of both Christians…John MarquardtAugust 9, 2021
Podcast Podcast Episode 273 The Week in Review at the Abbeville Institute, August 2-6, 2021 Topics: Southern tradition, Southern…Brion McClanahanAugust 7, 2021
Blog An ode to the Waccamaw My heart bled along the Waccamaw, where ancient warriors reigned. I wonder if their spirits…Demetrius Garland BowmanAugust 6, 2021
Blog The Old South and the New This essay was originally published in the February 1936 issue of The American Review. Years…Frank L. OwlsleyAugust 5, 2021
Blog What Makes This Musician Great?–Hank Williams This is the second installment of the series ‘What Makes this Musician Great,” and will…Tom DanielAugust 4, 2021
Blog What It Means to be a Southerner Editor's Note: In an effort to "explore what is true and valuable in the Southern…Robert Y. DrakeAugust 3, 2021
Blog The End of America? I have a good friend who continually asks me what I think are the prospects…Boyd CatheyAugust 2, 2021
Podcast Podcast Episode 272 The Week in Review at the Abbeville Institute July 26-30, 2021 Topics: Southern tradition, Southern…Brion McClanahanJuly 31, 2021
Blog The Wild Man At the top of the hill where my great-grandparents lived, there was a dusty, black…Travis HoltJuly 30, 2021
Blog Daniel Webster on the Expansion of Slavery Daniel Webster was one of the most notable Northern statesmen of his day. He was…Rod O'BarrJuly 29, 2021
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