BUT WAIT - I have a cousin that I trust who's just about to move to the United States for work. She will have an American Bank Account. I could set it up so she publishes it, which should allow her to get the royalties immediately and tax free, and then she can send me the money. I think that...
SO, regarding my previously mentioned plans to publish this... SeaLion Press has basically ghosted me, lol, so it seems they are uninterested. I looked into Amazon Self-Publishing but it seems I committed one of the classic blunders and was born in a poor country, so publishing is much more...
In-universe that's probably it... out of universe I probably forgot about him lol. And yes, Grant is bound to work much more harmoniously with Lincoln than he ever did with Johnson. Grant's natural inclination is towards sympathy for the freedmen and a willingness to employ force to defend them...
Sure. From Foner's Reconstruction:
South Carolina implemented "heavy taxation of uncultivated land to weaken the system of “large land monopolies” and promote “the division and sale of unoccupied lands among the poorer classes.” In July, the state convention adopted essentially the same...
Or that guy who both made nitrogen fertilizers and gas weapons.
Certainly. Many Republican regimes in the South actually taxed land like no other Southern governments had ever done. One of the first things every "Redeemer" government did was abolishing these land taxes and replacing them with...
Hm while there may be some controversy, I don't think any official is going to seriously suggest making such a distinction, for it would seem to imbue the Confederate government with a degree of legitimacy if its politicians are given a better treatment compared with other rebels. If anything, I...
Btw, in case anyone missed it, I've already posted the second chapter of the new TL, over at the new thread here: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/reconstruction-the-second-american-revolution-the-sequel-to-until-every-drop-of-blood-is-paid.551503/page-12#post-24993806
You're...
Yeah, a much more traumatizing Civil War is bound to cause much more widespread PTSD and then, hopefully, a greater understanding of the condition, how to treat it, and empathy for those who have it.
Yes, at the end they courted their own destruction. I think it was mentioned that the...
You're right, I have threadmarked that. Thank you for writing these!
Hm that's true, but in popular memory the planters will remain the paramount "villains," most likely.
Please like the update and share any thoughts you might have! :)
It'll take much longer to see the first Black President... probably after the turn of the century. What's true is that there will be a class of Black politicians and party bosses. We could see Black families with an august lineage...
Hope you enjoy the chapter! The main difficulty I will face writing this thing is that there's just so much stuff going on at the same time, and I can't analyze it as once. We'll get to all other subjects in due time, for now I wanted to focus on how the last remnants of slavery were destroyed...
Threadmarks: Chapter 2: We Are Bound for Freedom's Light
Chapter 2: We Are Bound for Freedom's Light
Emancipation and Land Reform in the last months of the war and at the start of the Military Occupation
Slavery in the United States did not end with the Emancipation Proclamation of July 4, 1862, nor did it end with the final victory over the...
Oh, that bastard! Sullying the name of the Union's heroes!
Great update. I love TLs that dedicate as much time and detail to the homefront and economic and social issues as political and military ones. No history is complete without knowing what's actually happening on the ground to all the...
Yes, I wholeheartedly agree with you. I hadn't considered it, but you're right that there's the unfortunate implication that the war was only for the planter class and that the poor people had not stake in it but were just forced to fight against their will - which is the myth we've been...