Actually, the Confederate flag was raised over the SC capitol in 1962 as a
centenniel remembrance of the dreadful conflict. It was NOT raised as a
segregationist measure. Actually, SC was one of the states that had a fairly
seamless integretion. I am not saying that feelings didn't run high over the
issue, but it was not a violently conflicted state, as were Mississippi, AL,
and LA.
The history of SC is much less controversial than many of the other southern
states. It had a higher black-to-white ratio than most others, but it had a
better record on treatment of slaves, and on the voluntary freeing of
slaves. Check the record books.
The flag was erected as a 100-year memorial to those who had lived in the
state, and had defended state's rights. Although revisionist history is
accepted every day -- winning the argument does not mean that you are right.
The war was NOT about slavery. Slavery was a dying institution.
By the way, I grew up in Oregon - am not a southerner. I have just studied
history from contemporary accounts. I am reluctant to say it - because it
was one of our earliest grade school precepts - but I no longer feel that
Lincoln was a hero. I think someone else could have saved this country from
the carnage, and could have preserved the great aristocratic heritage and
intellectual community that it mowed down with the Civil War.
My oldest CAMPBELL:
Lewis CAMPBELL, b 1777 SC, d after 1850 around Ripley Co MO
+ Catherine BOYD, b ca 1788 NC
This family lived in TN from 1811 to 1838, when they moved to the Ripley or
Texas Co MO area. They resided at some point in Haywood Co TN - but may not
have been there the whole time.
A cheerful hello to all of my CAMPBELL cousins - even if we disagree about
the flag!!
Janis Walker Gilmroe
rajanisg(a)earthlink.net
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