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The relations of Christianity to Slavery are among the most curious facts of history. It is unquestionable that until the discovery of America the Christian religion had been one that tended to liberty and equality. Among the early Christians it had…

To the Southern white man, anything that looked toward the elevation of the negro beyond the mere fact of his liberty, — which as a rule he was willing to concede, — any other civil or political right which it was proposed to confer upon…

“The slave was a man forcibly deprived of a natural and inherent right, the right of self-control, of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Not from any desert on his part, not because of any infraction of the laws of society, but…

The other class who fail to estimate the negro correctly is composed of those peculiarly positive, undoubting Northern men who made up their minds, years ago, that all the negro needed to make him the equal, or a little more, than the equal, of the…

Born in Los Angeles in 1986, Seth developed a passion for American history after watching Ken Burns' "The Civil War". Currently attending North Carolina State University, Seth hopes to finish his bachelor's in History and become a member in the…

This article defended Zebulon Vance as a candidate for governor in the 1862 election.

This is a list provided by the Weekly Raleigh Register that lists a considerable number of troops who had been reported as absent from their ranks. Its printing probably was intended to shame the soldiers into rejoining their companies, or to…

This short article briefly mentions the passing of the Conscription Act through the Confederate Senate, and that it was expected to pass through the House of Representatives with the provisions suggested by Jefferson Davis.

This article was published the day Jefferson Davis signed the Conscription Acts. It explained what conscription meant to the citizens of the South and highlighted the fact that it was both unconstitutional and against the principles of the…