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The False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory

by Adam Domby

The Lost Cause ideology that emerged after the Civil War and flourished in the early twentieth century in essence sought to recast a struggle to perpetuate slavery as a heroic defense of the South. As Adam Domby reveals here, this was not only an insidious goal; it was founded on falsehoods. The False Cause focuses on North Carolina to examine the role of li

Publisher

University of Virginia Press

Publication date

2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

272

ISBN

9780813943763