Race, judging people in their time, and Andy Griffith
We would do well to remember people live in the present: their present.
Why don’t historians just call more people gay?
Gay people have always been there. So why is there no mention of their sexual orientation in history? It’s because historians can rarely prove their sexual behavior, let alone their sexual orientation.
How could the founders own slaves and be against slavery?
The current fight over wages post-pandemic can give you a clearer understanding of the economics of early US slavery.
The south never built railroads for all the reasons you think
Building rail lines in the midwest proved advatnageous for Chicago and other northern cities like Indianapolis. The South took a different strategy.