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              @tanehisicoates @jonathanchait Yes to Blight. Worth noting that CSA apologists began trying to distance the Cause from slavery even earlier.
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            @tanehisicoates @jonathanchait CSA VP Stephens (Mr. "Cornerstone") claims in 1868 South wasn't "Pro-Slavery" quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/ACR4181.0001.001/19
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          @tanehisicoates @jonathanchait Alex. Stephens in 1861: slavery our "cornerstone." Stephens in 1868: can't you see we just hate Centralism!
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        .@tanehisicoates @jonathanchait Good example of early Confederate obfuscation about war's causes: CSA veep in 1868.
        oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
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      .@tanehisicoates @jonathanchait In 1881, Davis also downplays slavery in sectional crisis. archive.org/stream/riseandfallconf02davigoog#page/n113/mode/2up
      oh my god twitter doesn’t include alt text from images in their API
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    .@tanehisicoates @jonathanchait All of above (below?) to say that elements of Lost Cause revisionism in place very early in South.
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      .@tanehisicoates @jonathanchait Meanwhile, proslavery apologies for slavery as benevolent institution date from long before the War.
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        .@tanehisicoates @jonathanchait Result was a grab bag of red herrings: by 20c Lost Causers reached for both States Rights! & Slavery Good!
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