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Who was this Supreme Court Chief Justice?
ANSWER: Chief Justice Roger B. Taney was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Andrew Jackson. He declared in the infamous Dred Scott decision of 1857 that blacks were not and could never be citizens of the United States. They could, however, be "bought and sold and treated as an ordinary article of merchandise and traffic, whenever profit could be made by it." … [Continue reading] about Who was this Supreme Court Chief Justice?
The Great Divide: Why the Civil War Never Ended
Copyright © 2019 R.L. Wolf I’m writing this book (one blog post at a time) to discover the reasons why the United States never became truly united again after the Civil War. Of course, the Civil War ended in 1865, but the deep divisions of our country remained and never healed. In fact, they seem to be growing deeper and wider day by day. Most of us were taught an oversimplified, sanitized version of Colonial America that begins with Jamestown and Plymouth Rock. What if we dig deeper, however, and examine the political and religious forces in Europe at the time of Columbus? Furthermore, let’s retrace the most significant developments of the Spanish explorers, the beginning of the Caribbean slave trade, the conquistadors, the native tribes and civilizations, and the tremendous clash of cultures that shaped the New World. If we uncover the 128 years between the voyage of the Santa Maria and the Mayflower, perhaps we can gain insight into the tides of history that washed ashore with the Pilgrims. From there, we must descend the dark, bloody steps of genocide and slavery that led to the Civil War. This book isn’t an attempt … [Continue reading] about The Great Divide: Why the Civil War Never Ended