This is the grave of Robert Toombs. Born in Washington, Georgia in 1810, Toombs grew up in the slaver elite. His father ran his slaves in the fields, profiting from their free labor. Toombs was educated that this was the only way to live and...
confederacy
It doesn't really need to be repeated here I suppose. But it is always worth remembering that all the myths about the Confederacy being this anti-capitalist state is trash and.
This is the grave of the traitor James Seddon. Born in 1815 in Falmouth, Virginia, Seddon was a pretty sickly child, so he was largely home-schooled. This wasn't so uncommon.
A song made by a Jewish man and a black woman about Southern violence still resonates. The events in Charlottesville last weekend has stuck in my mind in a way that few other incidents during this tumultuous administration have. I come from a southern...