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Mississippian here, born and raised all my life. Today I had a conversation with my father and I learned that a great deal of my family played a role in the American Civil War. Lately I have been thinking about the state of the American South today, how Mississippi is basically a wasteland. Mississippi is a state that lost a war, and when you visit MS you really get that feeling.
Anyway, does anyone have any good book recommendations on the antebellum South/Civil War? Something which can give me a more clear view of my ancestor's history. And preferably something which doesnt spend too much time on muh slaves. Yes slavery plaid a major role in the political tensions of the late 1800s, but I have had that shit pushed onto me for so fucking long. I want to read a book which balances the positive aspects of the south with the negative, because quite frankly I find antebellum culture to be beautiful.
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>>2570111
Faulkner, Twain, Flannery O'Connor.
>I have had that shit pushed onto me for so fucking long.
Enslave shit get hit.
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>>2570180
Im talking more non-fiction books, like history books? Thanks for the recommendations though, although those authors seem too obvious, why didnt I think of them?
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>>2570193
considering slaves were central to the political and economic situation in the southern and national economy it cant be avoided really
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>>2570111
>he wants to know more about his ancestors
>will need a book that discusses Mississippi
>without too much talk of its enormous slave population, over half the fucking state population in 1860
>Mississippi, which didn't ratify the 13th amendment until 2013
The Turner Diaries seems more your speed desu senpai.
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>>2570111
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>>2570465
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who fought for what
southern elite: slavery
southern commoners: state rights, stop an invasion fucking shit up
northern elite: federal government
northern commoners: end slavery, preserve the union
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>>2570546
God damn I hate the fucking south.
Wouldn't even give a shit if they'd just GET OVER IT ALREADY. Yes, the war was horrible, but you kinda lose the right to complain about it when it was basically your fault.
It's cute when they use the word Yank like it's an insult, though.
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>>2570111
Read a history book on the subject written in the 1940s, 50s, or 60s.
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