Clyde Wilson

The Great Lie of the Civil War If you think the Civil War was fought to end slavery, you’ve been duped. In fact, as distinguished military historian Samuel Mitcham argues in his provocative new book, It Wasn’t About Slavery, no political party advocated freeing the slaves in the presidential election of 1860. The Republican Party platform opposed the expansion of slavery to the western states, but it did not embrace abolition. The real cause of the war was a dispute over money and self-determination. Before the Civil War, the South financed most of the federal government—because the federal government was funded by tariffs, which were paid disproportionately by the agricultural South that imported manufactured goods. Yet, most federal government spending and subsidies benefited the North. The South wanted a more limited federal government and lower tariffs—the ideals of Thomas Jefferson—and when the South could not get that, it opted for independence. Lincoln was unprepared when the Southern states seceded, and force was the only way to bring them—and their tariff money—back. That was the real cause of the war. A well-documented and compelling read by a master historian, It Wasn’t About Slavery will change the way you think about Abraham Lincoln, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the cause and legacy of America’s momentous Civil War.

Are you interested in knowing the actual history of your country, or are you content with the propagandized version the winners of wars conjure up to feed schoolchildren? When it comes to the story and tradition of the U.S. South, and especially the events surrounding the Civil War (1861–1865), you may need to brace yourself. What you think you know about it is likely untrue – and not just by a little. Isaac C Bishop is a lifelong New-Englander who happened to become interested in southern culture. But when he began to earnestly study its history and folklore, he was shocked by what he learned. Thus began an intense multi-year quest to unearth a true story which resulted in Defending Dixie's Land. Should you choose to set aside your preconceived biases and “take the red pill” with the author, you will discover: • How the United States government was originally meant to function, and by what means that system was usurped in the mid-1800’s • The real reasons the cotton states initially seceded • The entirely different factors which prompted the upper South to then also secede • An accurate picture of what life was like for minorities in both the North and South, and, as inherently wrong as the institution of slavery has always been on planet earth, why southern slaves generally viewed their situation as preferable • Character traits and motives of Abraham Lincoln which shatter the humanitarian hero image painted in our minds • Eye-opening facts about African-American support for the Confederacy, the history and current status of slavery worldwide, insights into the true enemy of free peoples everywhere, and more. Defending Dixie's Land is an all-encompassing defense of the Southern cause; readers will no longer view American history the same. Contents Introduction Chapter 1- Look Away!!! Politically Incorrect Information About Life as a Southern Slave Chapter 2- I’ll Take my Stand- Causes of Southern Secession: The Cotton States Chapter 3- I’ll Take My Stand- Causes of Southern Secession:The Upper South Chapter 4- Old Times There are not Forgotten- The Union Before Lincoln Chapter 5- To Live And Die In Dixie - Black Support For The Confederacy Chapter 6- I Wish I Was in the Land of Cotton- Southern Agrarians vs. Northern Industrialization Chapter 7- Treatment of Minorities North vs. South Chapter 8- Will the Real Abraham Lincoln Please Stand up? Chapter 9- Politically Incorrect Information About Slavery Chapter 10- The Old Times are Gone with the Wind Conclusion