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American Militias after the Civil War: From Black Codes to the Black Panthers and Beyond
Ammo.com ^ | 12/7/2020 | Sam Jacobs

Posted on 12/07/2020 10:37:46 AM PST by ammodotcom

The Civil War (1861-1865) was nothing less than a revolutionary reorganization of American government, society, and economics. It claimed almost as many lives as every other U.S. conflict combined and, by war's bloody logic, forged the nation which the Founding Fathers could not by settling once and for all lingering national questions about state sovereignty and slavery.

The postwar period, however, was one of arguably greater turmoil than the war itself. This is because many men in the South did not, in fact, lay down their arms at the end of the War. What’s more, freedmen, former slaves that were now American citizens, had to take defensive measures against pro-Democratic Party partisans, the most famous of whom were the Ku Klux Klan.

America's militia has existed for a number of purposes and has exercised a surprising number of roles over the years. But at its core, it’s a bulwark of the power of the country against the power of the state. In Early American Militias: The Forgotten History of Freedmen Militias from 1776 until the Civil War, we covered the historical roots of the militia. Below is the modern history of the militia following the Civil War, and how unforeseen changes which started during Reconstruction have set the stage for the contemporary movement of Constitutional citizens militias.

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TOPICS: Government; History
KEYWORDS: blackpanthers; blogpimp; civilwar; militia; terroristaintmilitia

1 posted on 12/07/2020 10:37:46 AM PST by ammodotcom
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To: ammodotcom

Before the civil war, the US was like a bunch of bricks (states) in a wall with a thin line of mortar (the federal government) holding them together.

Now it is a wall of mortar with 50 marbles pressed into it. We need to return to the pre-war model regarding power.


2 posted on 12/07/2020 10:50:03 AM PST by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: ammodotcom

Many men in the South did not lay down their arms because there was no other way to defend their families. They certainly could not depend on the US Army to do it and everything else was totally destroyed. We do what we have to do.


3 posted on 12/07/2020 11:21:17 AM PST by Midwesterner53
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To: cuban leaf

We need to return to the pre-war model regarding power.

Agreed. What works for Alabama doesn't work for California and vice versa. I think the best outcome at this point would be a peaceful secession, similar to Brexit.

4 posted on 12/07/2020 11:31:11 AM PST by FormerFRLurker (Keep calm and vote your conscience.)
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To: cuban leaf

Man, that’s a good analogy. I’m dropping that one into polite conversation soon.


6 posted on 12/08/2020 6:19:14 PM PST by ammodotcom
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