Along with Robert Barnwell Rhett and William Gilmore Simms, one of the strongest voices for Southern independence in the months and years leading up to secession was William Porcher Miles. As we have seen in an earlier article, Miles was one of the South’s most able leaders and as Mayor of Charleston and later...
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The only English-language daily paper in Montreal, Quebec has an encouraging article out today which explodes several popular myths about Abraham Lincoln while reviewing Steven Spielberg’s new movie Lincoln. Writer Kevin Gutzman takes on Lincoln on many fronts in his lengthy piece, which will surely please Southern nationalists. Gutzman writes: The trailer for Steven...
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Today on the Golden Circle podcast we take a look at Robert Barnwell Rhett‘s view of the United States’ occupation and subjugation of the Southern States following the North’s military triumph in 1865. Rhett argues in his memoir that not only was the Southern Confederacy destroyed, but with it, what he calls ‘Free Government’...
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The War for Southern Independence on the Missouri-Kansas border was brutal. It was probably the most dangerous place in the country at the time. Much of what happened in the area during the time has been overlooked or forgotten. There was near genocide of Western Missouri at the time. I’m going to do my...
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The United States’ conquest of the seceded South in 1865 and the constitutional amendments which were forced through during the period of US military occupation of the Southern States which followed the war effectively destroyed both the Union and the States, argued South Carolina statesman Robert Barnwell Rhett. This claim may surprise many who...
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Today on the Golden Circle podcast we examine one of the darkest chapters in Southern history. Specifically, we take a look at the period of early 1865 as United States soldiers marched into South Carolina and looted and then burned many of the Palmetto State’s cities, towns and farms. We review the number of...
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The major obstacle that stood in the way of the Fire-Eaters‘ (early Southern nationalists and secessionists) efforts to secure an independent Southern confederacy in the early 1830s through the late 1850s was the conservative nature of the South and especially the ruling class. It is simple to understand the inspiration for such conservatism. The...
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This evening on the SNN podcast we spoke with Ethan Ritter who is coordinating and hosting the first Trans-Allegheny Conference, which is tentatively scheduled to take place on 18 August 2012 in Warrenton, Virginia to discuss the status of West Virginia and Virginia in the Southern nationalist movement. Note: This conference has since been cancelled. Click...
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After the conquest of the independent South in 1865, some Southerners fled to Brazil rather than suffer US occupation. These folks were invited by Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil and had a very positive relationship with the Brazilian government. They became known as Confederados. They settled mostly in the south of Brazil, primarily in the State of São...
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The exceedingly harsh conditions imposed upon the defeated Southern people by the victorious Union government led to perhaps even more bitter resentment and hatred than did the war itself. It is probable that few people outside of the South today are familiar with this dark period of US history. Francis W Springer summarises the impact of...
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When the Southern States seceded in 1860-61 the US Federal Government refused to recognise the right of their peoples to self-determination (even though the US itself had been born out of a secession from a United Kingdom) despite the fact that the States seceded through the same legal process by which they had joined...
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In 1876 former Confederate General Wade Hampton led a grass-roots revolution in South Carolina against the Reconstruction government and ultimately prevailed against overwhelming odds. Known as ‘The Saviour of South Carolina’ for saving the State from barbarism, Hampton is one of the South’s greatest heroes. The video below was posted on our YouTube channel...
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