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William C. Davis

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Also known as William Charles Davis

American historian

Person · Open Library

Born
1946
Works
121

Top works

  • The Image of the War, 1861-1865, Volume I
  • The Image of War, 1861-1865, Volume III
  • The Image of the War, 1861-1865, Volume IV
  • The Image of the War, 1861-1865, Volume VI
  • The Image of the War, 1861-1865, Volume V

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Quotes

  • It is impossible to point to any other local issue but slavery and say that Southerners would have seceded and fought over it.
  • All peoples part with their myths reluctantly, and historians are at some risk when they try to dismantle those of the Confederacy.
  • Myths simply throw roadblocks in the path to enlightenment, and it is from truth that we have the most to learn. One man's truth, however, can be another's myth, and only through dispassionate and disinterested dissection of such stories can we tell the difference. The Confederate experience is dotted with episodes that are not particularly admirable.
  • In fact, the state rights defense of secession in 1860&ndash;1861 did not really appear in force until after 1865 as builders of the Lost Cause myth sought to distance themselves from slavery.
  • Legalistic Southerners tried to view the Constitution as a contract. Unfortunately, that viewpoint breaks down when viewed as a lawyer views a contract. There are very few ways to legally break a contract unilaterally.
  • Always there had been the complicated factor of the one institution that peculiarly set the South apart from the North, slavery...

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