Category Archives: Slavery

Jewish Confederates

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Hunter Wallace

CSA In the antebellum era, Jews were more likely than Gentiles to own slaves and were disproportionately involved in the slave trade. Jews went along with the racial norms of Southern society and were not perceived as a subversive minority. … Continue reading →

Posted in American South, Diversity, Dixie, History, Negroes, Race Realism, Race Relations, Racism, Slavery, Southern Nationalism, The Jewish Question, White Supremacy, Whiteness | 46 Comments

Southern Jews and Reconstruction

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Hunter Wallace

Dixie Here’s another fascinating excerpt from Fight Against Fear: Southern Jews and Black Civil Rights on how southern Jews reacted to the demise of the Confederacy and Reconstruction: “Notwithstanding the general response of southern Jews, a number of individuals expressed … Continue reading →

Posted in American South, Dixie, Negroes, Race Realism, Race Relations, Racism, Slavery, Southern Nationalism, The Jewish Question, White Supremacy, Whiteness | 68 Comments

Caribbean Project: Were Georgia’s Poor Whites Exploited By Planters?

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Hunter Wallace

Georgia Here’s an excerpt from Cultivating Race: The Expansion of Slavery in Georgia, 1750-1860 on the “exploitation” of poor Whites by the planter class: “Cultivating Race argues that nonelite Whites in Georgia not only benefited from the rise of white … Continue reading →

Posted in American South, Dixie, Georgia, History, Race Realism, Race Relations, Racism, Slavery, White Supremacy, Whiteness | 58 Comments

Second Amendment Was Passed To Protect Slavery

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Hunter Wallace

District of Corruption Do you remember our old friend Thom Hartmann? Note: Progressives are salivating over the possibility of repealing the Bill of Rights. They have already killed the Tenth Amendment. Now they want to get rid of the Second … Continue reading →

Posted in American South, Conservatism, Dixie, History, Liberalism, Progressives, Slavery, Whiteness, Yankees | 27 Comments

Scots-Irish Project: John C. Calhoun’s Family Background

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Hunter Wallace

South Carolina Here’s an excerpt from Karen McCarthy’s The Other Irish: The Scots-Irish Rascals Who Made America: “Like Rankin, John Caldwell Calhoun was descended from the same plain stock of Presbyterian immigrants from the north of Ireland. He had a … Continue reading →

Posted in American South, Culture, Dixie, History, Slavery, South Carolina, Whiteness | 16 Comments

Review: Lincoln (2012)

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Hunter Wallace

District of Corruption Is there anything new to say about Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln? In my opinion, Lincoln is an excellent recruiting tool for Southern Nationalism. There are times when the movie almost seems like a Hollywood cartoon of the Southern … Continue reading →

Posted in American South, Dixie, Films, History, Negroes, Race Realism, Race Relations, Racism, Slavery, Southern Nationalism, White Nationalism, Whiteness | 19 Comments

Antebellum Christianity and Southern Racialism

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Hunter Wallace

Virginia Here’s an excerpt from David Goldfield’s America Aflame: How the Civil War Created a Nation: “Slavery had made the black man in America, in a few centuries,” Virginia jurist William C. Daniell explained in 1852, “what thousands of years … Continue reading →

Posted in American South, Christianity, Dixie, History, Race Relations, Slavery, Virginia | 42 Comments

Chris Hayes: Fossil Fuel Industry Is Like Slavery

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Hunter Wallace

MSNBC Chris Hayes compares the abolition of slavery to opposition to the fossil fuel industry: Note: Fighting “Global Climate Change” through the War on Coal is one of the latest great Yankee projects.

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Review: Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Hunter Wallace

American South Robert William Fogel and Stanley L. Engerman’s 1974 book Time on the Cross: The Economics of Negro Slavery is a mythbusting revisionist tour of the reality of slavery as it existed in the American South. Everything you think you … Continue reading →

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Slavery Myths: Southern Slavery and Human Development

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Hunter Wallace

American South This information comes from Time on the Cross: The Economics of Negro Slavery: Life Expectancy Did you know that the typical slave born on a Southern plantation had a significantly longer life expectancy than the average “free” laborer … Continue reading →

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