The tropical origins of South Carolina
In recent months we have studied rather extensively the Caribbean roots of the Lower South and the plantation system which came to have such a cultural and economic impact on the Southern people. As...
View ArticleThe Golden Circle & the ‘seigneurial’ civilisation
Over the past months have studied the origins of Southern society, culture and identity. In doing so we have traced the roots of the plantation system to the Caribbean, northern Brazil and even back...
View ArticleDivision of the Golden Circle: Aftermath of American Revolution
The story of how the thriving plantation-based civilisation centred around the Caribbean but which stretched from Brazil to Delaware came to be divided and ultimately destroyed is a bit complicated. No...
View ArticleCalhoun, Rhett & Davis in 1850
Three of the most influential public figures in the Antebellum South were John C Calhoun, Jefferson Davis and Robert Barnwell Rhett. Of the three, Calhoun and Davis were most alike, though they hailed...
View ArticleRhett: The peace & salvation of the South
‘I see but one course left, for the peace and salvation of the South, – a dissolution of the Union. …Wealth, honor, and power, and one of the most glorious destinies which ever crowned a great and...
View ArticleIntroduction to the Golden Circle
The following video is an introduction to the Golden Circle historical perspective, a subject that SNN has explored in depth over the last year and a half. In this video three distinct possibilities...
View ArticleGeorgia’s reluctance to support the American Revolution
In our examination of the origins of Southern culture and identity we have studied how the plantation culture of the Caribbean was transmitted to the North American mainland. Most of our focus to this...
View ArticleGC 61: William Walker & the Republic of Sonora
Today on the Golden Circle podcast we explore a little-known event in Southern history that sheds more light on the Golden Circle historical perspective. We take a look at the efforts in the 1850s by a...
View ArticleHistory & the Southern worldview
The traditional South’s approach to history differed remarkably from the approach of the United States as a whole. Its anti-democratic foundations and appreciation for a cyclical understanding of time...
View ArticleMint julep & the Golden Circle
One of the South’s most iconic symbols is the mint julep, a refreshing alcoholic drink now closely associated with the Kentucky Derby. The drink typically includes mint leaf, bourbon, sugar and water,...
View ArticleRevival, Romanticism & Southern unity
The distinct Southern culture and identity, developed by British colonists beginning in the seventeenth century on the northern periphery of a vast multi-national plantation complex which lay at the...
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