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The True Meaning of the Stars And Bars

The Stars and Bars of the Confederate nation was first raised over the South Carolina State House on April 11, 1961 to commemorate the centennial celebration of the War Between The States and a year later the state’s all-white legislators enacted a law to continue flying the flag as a protest against the civil rights […]

Slavery 101

Crackers are called ‘Crackers’ for the crack of the whip. “Not all southerners were slave owners.” Maybe not, but slavery was the GM of the South. The greatest source of labor in Dixie and southerners rented slaves at planting and harvest time, treating the Africans worse than rented mules. Men and women were chained hand […]