Doer
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Another couple of cops shot yesterday. And it got me to wondering. What the hell is Missouri? I've never been there. It is sort of the middle of no-where except for the River, even today.
They are known to be stubborn. The "Show me." State.
Was it North or South in the Civil war?
Did it suffer hardcore Reconstruction and Consent Decrees?
Was it a Slave State?
The answers are shocking and I can only say, NO WONDER about Ferguson, MO.
This is because I know, the South was never, ever as Racist as the North. And today, thanks to the efforts at the Federal Level the South is fairly passivised. A couple of Centuries of Punishment did the South a lot of good. But, the North never got the treatment.
Did Missouri get the treatment? They did not. It was a Slave State allowed to be in the Union simply by its placement in the latitudes. The Mason-Dixon line.
Yet, it was never North or South, it was the battleground and both sides claimed it. It was ugly and brutal guerrilla war and civilian reprisals, not Armies in the Field. Some of the most horrible things happened there, with Jay Hawkers and Redlegs and Bushwhackers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_secession
During the American Civil War, the secession of Missouri was controversial because of the disputed status of the state of Missouri. During the war, Missouri was claimed by both the Union and the Confederacy, had two competing state governments, and sent representatives to both the United States Congress and the Confederate Congress.
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No wonder.
They are known to be stubborn. The "Show me." State.
Was it North or South in the Civil war?
Did it suffer hardcore Reconstruction and Consent Decrees?
Was it a Slave State?
The answers are shocking and I can only say, NO WONDER about Ferguson, MO.
This is because I know, the South was never, ever as Racist as the North. And today, thanks to the efforts at the Federal Level the South is fairly passivised. A couple of Centuries of Punishment did the South a lot of good. But, the North never got the treatment.
Did Missouri get the treatment? They did not. It was a Slave State allowed to be in the Union simply by its placement in the latitudes. The Mason-Dixon line.
Yet, it was never North or South, it was the battleground and both sides claimed it. It was ugly and brutal guerrilla war and civilian reprisals, not Armies in the Field. Some of the most horrible things happened there, with Jay Hawkers and Redlegs and Bushwhackers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_secession
During the American Civil War, the secession of Missouri was controversial because of the disputed status of the state of Missouri. During the war, Missouri was claimed by both the Union and the Confederacy, had two competing state governments, and sent representatives to both the United States Congress and the Confederate Congress.
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No wonder.
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