Tag: Corwin Amendment
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Did Secession Hasten the End of Slavery?
“ANOTHER POLITICAL MANEUVER” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Oct. 31, 2016) — *Author’s note: There is a question which deserves much more attention than it receives: Considering Lincoln was willing to make slavery perpetual and to remove it from even congressional action with the Corwin Amendment in order to “preserve the…
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The War That Destroyed the Declaration of Independence
“THE RIGHT TO SECEDE…EXISTS” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Apr. 21, 2016) — One would be hard pressed to disagree with the fact the Declaration of Independence not only defines the beginnings of our country but could be called our founding charter. Thomas Jefferson most eloquently laid out the tenets of…
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Should Secession Be Given Credit for Ending Chattel Slavery in America?
“A MILITARY INVASION” by Michael Gaddy, ©2016, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Jan. 12, 2016) — (Author’s note: A question that has not been addressed but should be is this: had 7 Southern states not seceded in late 1860 and early 1861 and brought about the threat of economic chaos in the North, a North…
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It Started in 1787 (Part One)
“CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED” by Michael Gaddy, ©2015, blogging at The Rebel Madman (Dec. 29, 2015) — (Author’s note: I continue to be flabbergasted at how many people in this country call for demonization of all things Southern and the removal of all images and symbols of the South based on lies and distorted history.…