Frodo
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« on: November 11, 2015, 08:14:33 PM » |
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The Civil War era -it changed the way Americans perceived the Union from formerly an associated group of sovereign states voluntarily joined together, into now one cohesive nation. We identify ourselves now primarily as Americans, rather than Virginians, Texans, or whatnot.
That, and we removed the institution of slavery as a legal entity, beginning the long, tortured process of healing and redeeming ourselves of our original sin.
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