by editor | Jul 29, 2024 | Archive, Southern Partisan
SOUTH CAROLINA: Family of Enslavers and Enslaved Reunite at Historic Cemetery BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. — When Brenda Kinsler’s son was around 10 years old, he came home from school with questions about his family that she couldn’t answer. “Mom, who are we?” Kinsler, who lives...
by editor | Jul 25, 2024 | Archive, Southern Partisan
“Freedom is always just one generation away from extinction.” — Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) In December 1776, just six months after the Declaration of Independence had been signed and a year and a half into the Revolutionary War, Thomas Paine sensed a...
by editor | Jul 24, 2024 | Archive, Southern Partisan
The Limits of the Lost Cause: Essays on Civil War Memory. By Gaines M. Foster. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2024. Hardcover, 280 pp. $45.00. Reviewed by Patrick Young In spite of the title, this is not a 280-page examination of the “Limits of the...
by editor | Jul 24, 2024 | Archive, Southern Partisan
Now it’s Donald Trump versus Kamala Harris. But there will be another choice on your ballot: Chase Oliver. Both Trump and former Democrat-turned-independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addressed the Libertarian Party convention, asking for their nomination, but Oliver...
by editor | Jul 22, 2024 | Archive, Southern Partisan
SOUTH CAROLINA: Snow’s Island Was Pivotal in Revolutionary War — Site Will Soon Be Open to the Public FLORENCE – American history will soon be at your fingertips. A coalition of local groups announced plans to purchase Snow’s Island, ground zero for Gen....
by editor | Jul 18, 2024 | Archive, Southern Partisan
“If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, Mankind would be no more justified In silencing that one person, Than he, if he had the power, Would be justified in silencing mankind.” — John Stuart Mill...