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   October 17th, 2015 10:20am

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   wowgreat:

   visualgraphc:

   Dance

   Tassia Bianchini

   October 16th, 2015 8:38am

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   drilpencils:

   (art/words)

   October 16th, 2015 8:37am

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   nevver:

   Fun with Dick and Jane

   October 15th, 2015 10:44pm

5. New language for slavery and the Civil War

   jkottke:

   Drawing upon the work of colleagues, historian Michael Todd Landis proposes new language for talking about slavery and the Civil War. In addition to favoring “labor camps” over the more romantic “plantations”, he suggests retiring the concept of the Union vs the Confederacy.

   Specifically, let us drop the word “Union” when describing the United States side of the conflagration, as in “Union troops” versus “Confederate troops.” Instead of “Union,” we should say “United States.” By employing “Union” instead of “United States,” we are indirectly supporting the Confederate view of secession wherein the nation of the United States collapsed, having been built on a “sandy foundation” (according to rebel Vice President Alexander Stephens). In reality, however, the United States never ceased to exist. The Constitution continued to operate normally; elections were held; Congress, the presidency, and the courts functioned; diplomacy was conducted; taxes were collected; crimes were punished; etc. Yes, there was a massive, murderous rebellion in at least a dozen states, but that did not mean that the United States disappeared.

   October 15th, 2015 8:55am