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A speculative essay on what might have been in the post-Victory Confederacy. It will deal almost entirely with events in the Confederacy and deviate little from that arena(forthcoming)

Expect updates by the weekend.

I. The Founding Father Effect
a. That Peculiar Institution
b. State's Rights and the Bloody Shirt
c. Favorite Sons and the "Useless Appendage"
d. Cited Articles of the Confederate Constitution

II. Politics
a. Po' Buckra- The Forgotten Whites
b. Less Corn and More Hell- On Populist Politics and Violence At The Polls
c. I Brought You Into This World- The Threat of Secession
d. Hang that Sambo High!- Negrophobia and its effects upon the polls

III. Economics
a. Cotton is a Bankrupt King- On the decline of cotton
b. The Atlantic Gap- Disparity Between the States
c. The Savage Years- Slave Prices and Slave Violence
d. Baron's Empty Moors- The Stunted Industry of the South

IV. Foreign Affairs
a. Conspiracies Abroad- The Slavery "Wedge"
b. The Giant to the North- US-CS Relations
c. Gray Eyes of Prophecy- On Filibustering

V. Conclusion
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