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Those in bondage valued in thousands of dollars to slave owners

Mar 03, 2023 at 12:03 pm by admin

Runaway slaves were always a serious problem. They were very valuable. During an 1859 auction in Georgia a healthy "prime" male slave aged 22, a trained cotton field hand,.... Read More

Indenture-The Reconstruction Era in Hickman County

Jul 04, 2022 at 02:52 pm by admin

Indenture in colonial America was a popular way for immigrants who could ill afford passage from the old country to the new world. Employers provided transportation in return.... Read More

Wall between church and state is thinning

Jun 06, 2022 at 10:10 am by admin

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...(First 15 words of the First Amendment to the US Constitution) E.... Read More

The Fate of Our Empire?

Aug 28, 2021 at 12:23 pm by admin

How Pandemics Can Extinguish An Empire At their peak during the reign of Trajan (98-117), the Romans governed distant regions of the globe from the Rhine, the Danube, the Euph.... Read More

The press is not the enemy of the people

Feb 20, 2017 at 04:21 pm by admin

There may be a president who loved the media. It would be impossible to find one with a sustained romance with the press. Maybe the shortest serving president in history, Wil.... Read More

War, What Is It Good For?

Oct 15, 2014 at 09:01 am by admin

The Geopolitics of Syria Turning into a Low Level World War IIIEditorial(Clinton, KY. October 9, 2014) "War, What Is It Good For?" is a song title from the forgotten wars of.... Read More

Instances of Use of United States Forces Abroad, 1798 - 1993

Sep 21, 2014 at 05:35 pm by admin

by Ellen C. Collier, Washington DC: Congressional Research Service -- Library of Congress -- October 7, 1993SummaryThis report lists 234 instances in which the United States h.... Read More

The Humble Members of Society

Jul 15, 2014 at 03:55 pm by admin

Who wrote this in support of “the humble members of society-the farmers, mechanics, and laborers” :  “It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts.... Read More

Ten steps to taking America back to capitalism

Oct 03, 2011 at 04:28 pm by admin

So back in October of 2011, this was just an editorial. Now it looks like prophecy - or worse - a plan. Hindsight being 20/20, it's easy to spot ten changes in American law a.... Read More

Revolution on the Wind: Senator Rand Paul and the Making of a New American Experiment

Jul 31, 2011 at 08:15 pm by admin

( Clinton, KY. Sunday July 31, 2011) - The dynamics of revolution are fairly straight forward and simple: political power is never shared nor is it given, it has to be taken..... Read More