History Shows True Intent Behind Kentucky Monuments

THU, 10/19/2017 - 08:46
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... can historical research show the original intent behind these monuments? The answer is: Yes ...

With the Breckinridge statue installed at Cheapside — an auction site where thousands of enslaved men, women, and children had been sold — the Daily Press now saw Cheapside as hallowed ground.

“We don’t want any more negro drays and spring wagons gathered on Cheapside,” the Daily Press wrote. “It’s too sacred now for them.”

This research shows that, despite patriotic songs and speeches about reconciliation, speakers were not calling for a reunion among all Kentuckians. Instead, they were calling for peace among white Kentuckians. They were stamping the ideals of the Confederacy upon this public ...

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