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5/21/16

Joseph Pearce has written an excellent essay on the tragic South for the Imaginative Conservative.
Posted by Nathan Huffstutler at Saturday, May 21, 2016
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Labels: Civil War, Joseph Pearce, Slavery, the South, Tragedy
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