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Sunday, January 16, 2011

RE David Kaiser BACK TO THE FUTURE

'But paradoxically, as observers at the time such as Henry Adams noted, the Civil War did not in the long run strengthen the authority of the federal government: it weakened it....'


'...The country was deadlocked on the major social problem of the time, Reconstruction and the fate of the newly freed slaves--one that it was destined not to solve.'


Great commentary.

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