Slavery Abolition

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee signed a proclamation declaring July 13 Nathan Bedford Forrest Day. Forrest was a Confederate general, slave trader and an early leader of the Ku Klux Klan.  A Tennessee law dating back to 1971 mandates that the governor must issue pr…

Its a good thing Nike was not around during the American Revolution. If the ciphers who run the shoe company were in charge back then, wed all be bowing to Queen Elizabeth and carrying Prince Williams luggage around. Blimey, these blokes are so bad that the…

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell responded Tuesday to reports that his 19th-century ancestors owned slaves by pointing out that the same was true of former President Barack Obama and that they were in agreement on the issue of slavery reparations. You …

Birthplace of Republican Party A call to ban the Confederate flag due to its association with slavery is akin to banning the Democrat Party’s donkey and Islam’s crescent, as both of those institutions were involved in the enslavement of Africans. The Democr…

Salon Attacks The Declaration Of Independence. Here’s Why They’re So Wrong. The leftist ingrates at Salon have decided to "celebrate" Independence Day — which is celebrated on July 4th for the sole reason that our beautiful republic's Declaration of Independ…

We take it for granted in 2019 that the Republican Party is America’s primary vehicle for political conservatism, but that was not always the case. To understand how the Republican Party became associated with right-wing politics and, for that matter, how the…

Are there any American heroes we can agree on in 2019? This might sound like an abstract question, but for the Fourth of July weekend, Politico Magazine has decided to make it more concrete, asking experts: Who would you put on a new Mount Rushmore? Every ye…

US President Donald Trump speaks the Donald Trump delivered a patriotic message during his celebration of Americas Independence Day, accompanied by a full display of the country's military might.  The US president hailed an eclectic mix of the country's he…

We take it for granted in 2019 that the Republican Party is America's primary vehicle for political conservatism, but that was not always the case. To understand how the Republican Party became associated with right-wing politics — and, for that matter, how t…

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