Jefferson Davis Part 2: “The Constitution Was a Pro-Slavery Document”

2022-12-14

In Part 2 of the 1881 conversation with Jefferson Davis, he’s going to shock me by saying that George Washington was his hero. He’ll also explain: What the phrases “sold down the river” and “overage” mean. Neither are good. What he meant when saying, “The Confederacy died of a theory.” And finally, how his thinking changed about slavery and the war, but not about the South’s right to Secede. Jefferson Davis’s Wife Varina told her husband that, “The better side won.” Considering that they bot...

In Part 2 of the 1881 conversation with Jefferson Davis, he’s going to shock me by saying that George Washington was his hero. He’ll also explain:

What the phrases “sold down the river” and “overage” mean. Neither are good.

What he meant when saying, “The Confederacy died of a theory.”

And finally, how his thinking changed about slavery and the war, but not about the South’s right to Secede.

Jefferson Davis’s Wife Varina told her husband that, “The better side won.” Considering that they both grew up with slavery as a part of life, I’m impressed that they both were able to change their thinking at all.

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