1. As an addendum to @tanehisicoates's twitter discussion of investment of Confederate soldiers in slavery, worth recalling Calhoun.
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6. Calhoun's analysis explains recalcitrance of slavery & later white supremacy & why non-slave owners fought & died for slavery.
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@HeerJeet Very sense of being "free" was dependent upon existence of slavery.
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@HeerJeet Drew Faust's James Henry Hammond bio also a must-read on these issuesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet I think Baldwin updates this idea in his debate with BuckleyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet John C. Calhoun — one of the first theorists to truly expound upon the idea of white privilege. -
@EricKleefeld@HeerJeet So that's why Yale named a college after him!
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