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Jefferson Davis
@Jeff_Davis1808
Congressman and Senator from Mississippi, United States Secretary of War, President of the CSA, West Point Graduate and Veteran of the Mexican-American War
Oct 29, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Faux historians love to say that Lincoln's position on slavery evolved. This thread has a quote from Lincoln in 1858, 1861, 1862, 1863, and 1864 on slavery. His position was 100% the same. There was no evolution. Save this thread! 1/6
#history #ushistory #twitterstorians Image Lincoln was always "anti-slavery" in the same way that Robert E. Lee was "anti-slavery:" there was hope the institution would be gradually ended. However, emancipation was dangerous and there was no federal power to do so. His stance does not change. 2/6
Aug 27, 2023 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
1/ 11 The AHA blocked me long ago. Yet I featured on my feed 10 former Yankee AHA Presidents:

Bancroft 1886
Rhodes 1899
C. F. Adams Jr. 1901
Smith 1904
Dunning 1913
Channing 1920
Morison 1950
Randall 1952
Nevins 1959
Degler 1986

Click to see a quote from each!
#ushistory 2/11 Bancroft was a Boston historian. I first ran his posts to show that knowledge about slavery used to be standard in Northern textbooks. What changed?
#slavery #slavetrade
Jan 21, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Britannica updated its entry on Lee. The updates in the "racial attitudes" and "slavery" section are designed to harm Lee's reputation. The nature of the sources and quotes demonstrates an intense bias. Let me review in this thread. 1/5
#ushistory #history
britannica.com/biography/Robe… 2/5 Why does the article call out that Lee thought slavery was more harmful to whites? Abolitionists believed this too. Even Lincoln said so explicitly--but why doesn't it prefer in Britannica's profile of Lincoln? This is pure bias against Lee.
Dec 27, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
1/6 Our enemies are a traditionless and a homeless race; from the time of Cromwell to the present moment they have been disturbers of the peace of the world. Gathered together by Cromwell from the bogs and fens of the North of Ireland and of England, they commenced
12/26/1862 2/6 by disturbing the peace of their own country; they disturbed Holland, to which they fled, and they disturbed England on their return. They persecuted Catholics in England, and they hung Quakers and witches in America. Having been hurried into a war with a people so devoid of
Dec 27, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
The ACW employs a number of tricks, uniquely applied to Grant, to take a man who cared nothing for the slave and transform him into a civil rights fighter. The magic is done by never explaining why Grant's views evolve. 1/4
#history #ushistory #civilwar
acwm.org/blog/myths-mis… 2/4 The ACW admits that Grant cared little for the slave at the start of the war--quoting the same letters that have appeared on my feed. Grant only changes his view to win the war. Did Southern views "evolve" for the same reason?
#BlackHistory #quote
Mar 20, 2022 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
Thank you for liking & sharing quotes from Lee's pre-war letters. He was pro-Union & anti-slavery: but he could not "draw his sword" against his state. Read through this compilation of today's #quotes! 1/10
#twitterstorians #USHistory #mythbreakers #VeteransUnite #Military 2/10
Mar 18, 2022 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
1/5 How many lies can you pack into one article? First, Ty says that we argue that Lee was a "benevolent slave master." No, we argue he wasn't a slave master at all! Lee owned no slaves at the time of the war. Hence he wasn't good or bad: he simply owned no slaves. #FactsMatter 2/5 @IndyRecorder actually published an article blaming Lee for the death of U.S. soldiers. But Lee wouldn't have killed a single U.S. soldier that did not invade VA first. So why isn't Lincoln responsible? What law did Lee break? What law did VA break? The article doesn't say!
Jul 17, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
1/5The enemies of history are catching on that in the North, the War was often told accurately (they say from the southern perspective). The reason for this is the fact that the North was wrong & the world's leading historians proved it.
#twitterstorians
futurity.org/civil-war-hist… 2/5Northern editorials, especially, prior to Sumter, often pointed out the legality of secession & negative comments about free Blacks. Here is the Albany Atlas & Argus from 3/5/1861 as an example. Did this sentiment magically disappear after the war?
#twitterstorians