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#Onthisday (9/7/1864) McClellan accepted the Democratic Party nomination for the Presidency. He declared that compromise was the spirit of America & that would lead to reconciliation. He also declared the war was to preserve the union. #history #ushistory

A MO church thinks it is cute by purchasing an “equality” billboard next to the Confederate Battle Flag. The joke is on them. Our flag isn’t for or against equality. I am not offended by their message; I am offended when my people are denied our message! amp.kansascity.com/news/local/art…

#Onthisday (9/8/1862) Lee wrote that the sole object of the war was Southern Independence. This is more evidence that Lee had one goal. “Preservation of slavery” was not a war aim. Faux historians lie. #history #ushistory

"In NYC, tuberculosis proved fatal to twice as many blacks as whites, a reflection of adverse living conditions. Philly's coroner attributed the high mortality rate in Negro districts to intemperance, exposure & malnutrition." -Prof Litwack (UC Berkeley) #history

"when a Boston Negro schoolmistress considered moving to a better neighborhood, the inhabitants of the block where she proposed to settle resolved either to eject her or to destroy the house." -Prof Litwack #history #ushistory

"The Indiana constitutional convention agreed to contribute all fines collected from violations of the new anti Black-immigration law to the cause of colonization. The state legislature subsequently appropriated $5,000 for a special colonization fund." -Prof Litwack #history

An 1826 study revealed that MA Blacks comprised 1/74th of the population but contributed 1/6th of its prisoners; NY Blacks were 1/35th of the population but had 1/4th of the state's convicts; & PA Blacks were 1/34th of the state but were 1/3rd of the prisoners. -Prof Litwack

"While conceding the right of fugitive slaves and free Negroes to claim adequate legal protection, northern public sentiment continued to sanction the political and social inferiority of the African race." -Prof Litwack #history

The Confederates are correct on this point: their flag isn't for or against equality. Equality is a value and being for or against it, or any value, falls to your own conscience. No one can force others to be for or against any value. Freedom of conscience, thought, and belief.

"If the Negro had any expectations of a fundamental change in his condition under Republican rule, they were quickly banished as Republicans proceeded to clarify their position in response to partisan attacks." -Prof Litwack (UC Berkeley) #history #ushistory #quote

"Symbolic of the Negro's position in the antebellum North was the public cemetery, or potter's field, of Cincinnati: whites were buried east to west and Negroes north to south. After all, white supremacy had to be preserved, even among the dead." -Prof Litwack #history

"By 1860, the North had clearly defined its position on racial relations: white supremacy and social peace required a vigorous separation of blacks and whites and the concentration of political and judicial power in the hands of the superior race -the Caucasian." -Prof Litwack

Yes, Jefferson Davis is the best!

In 1907 Charles F. Adams, the Union Vet, Pres of the AHA & Mass Historical Assoc. explained why he spoke so positively about Lee. You'll see it had nothing to do with the "lost cause mythology." This explanation shows he was not influenced by the UDC. leefamilyarchive.org/history-refere…