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Shane Anderson

Black Confederates in Reconstruction Newspapers

By Shane Anderson

In an editorial published a little over a year after the Civil War ended, a Georgia newspaper writer expressed regret that the South had not accepted “the aid of the negroes” when it was offered.… »

  • Black Confederates
  • Black Southerners
  • Reconstruction
  • Shane Anderson

Confederate Memorials: Speaking to Posterity

By Shane Anderson

Should it be asked, why then build this monument? The answer is, they [the Confederate dead] do not need it, but posterity may. It is not their reward, but our debt. – Jefferson Davis So… »

  • Confederate Monuments
  • Political Correctness
  • Shane Anderson

To Guard the Precious Dust of the Martyred Dead

By Shane Anderson

Today there is a frenzied effort to tear down memorials to the Confederate dead. If you think “frenzied” is too strong a word, take a look at video of the crowds in Durham and Chapel… »

  • Confederate Monuments
  • Political Correctness
  • Shane Anderson
  • War for Southern Independence

What the Newspapers Said: The Black Confederate “Myth” Examined

By Shane Anderson

Where did the belief in the “black Confederate soldier” originate? Did it begin in 1977, after the success of the television mini-series Roots caused people to reevaluate race and slavery during the Civil War? Were… »

  • Black Confederates
  • Shane Anderson
  • Southern History
  • War for Southern Independence

Black Southern Support for Secession and War

By Shane Anderson

Sooner or later any student of the War for Southern Independence will run across discussion of “black Confederates,” which may well be the most controversial topic related to the war. From an objective standpoint it… »

  • Black Confederates
  • Black Southerners
  • Shane Anderson
  • War for Southern Independence

The First South

By Shane Anderson

A review of The First South (LSU Press, 1961) by John Richard Alden One of the things I’ve discovered since I began studying Civil War history is that the roots of that conflict go back… »

  • American War for Independence
  • Book Review
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  • Shane Anderson
  • Southern Founding
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  • United States Constitution

“An Epic Poem in Bronze.”

By Shane Anderson

On August 22, 2018, Forbes Magazine published an article written by Kristina Killgrove entitled “Scholars Explain the Racist History of UNC’s Silent Sam Statue.” 1 Two days earlier, the statue had been pulled down by… »

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  • 2020 Scholars Conference: Who Owns America?
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  • 2018 Scholars Conference: The Revival of Secession and State Nullification
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  • 2017 Summer School: On Being Southern in an Age of Radicalism
  • 2016 Scholars Conference: Nullification: A 21st Century Remedy
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  • 2013 Scholars Conference: Music and the Southern Tradition
  • 2013 Summer School: Understanding the South and the Southern Tradition
  • 2012 Scholars Conference: The War Between the States: Other Voices Other Views
  • 2012 Summer School: The Greatness of Southern Literature III
  • 2011 Scholars Conference: The South and America’s Wars
  • 2011 Summer School: The Greatness of Southern Literature II
  • 2010 Scholars Conference: State Nullification Secession and the Human Scale of Political Order
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  • 2005 Summer School: Re-Thinking Lincoln: The Man, The Myth, The Symbol, The Legacy
  • 2004 Summer School: The Southern Critique of Centralization and Nationalism: 1798-1861
  • 2003 Summer School: The American Decentralist Tradition
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