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150 years later, would Lincoln be okay with secession?

September 18, 2013 Arthur Lieber Activism, Cities, Civil liberties, Federalism, Guns, Poverty, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

It was in 1863, during the heat of the Civil War, that 50 counties in the western part of Virginia decided to secede from

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