tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post2669356531181524119..comments2024-03-27T03:00:27.024-04:00Comments on Facts & other stubborn things: Is Virginia about Tradition vs. Change, as Nate Silver suggests?Evanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12259004160963531720noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-5445185041591700502012-11-05T20:28:12.784-05:002012-11-05T20:28:12.784-05:00"In all fairness, Virginia came closer to ema..."In all fairness, Virginia came closer to emancipating its slaves than almost any other state in the south"<br /><br />Do we know if that was a comfort to the slaves?Absalonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131268683451462949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1740670447258719504.post-2363419012307721032012-11-05T16:48:12.203-05:002012-11-05T16:48:12.203-05:00@Absolon
In all fairness, Virginia came closer to...@Absolon<br /><br />In all fairness, Virginia came closer to emancipating its slaves than almost any other state in the south (Kentucky being the other one). The fact that the 19th-century Virginian elite saw themselves as the stewards of the national destiny kept them closer to the mainstream than the lunatics in South Carolina and the deep south. <br /><br />Woodrow Wilson's legacy is something of a mixed bag, but he might be mentioned as another idealistic Virginian. Dude vetoed the Volstead Act, pushed independence for oppressed nationalities, secured freedom of the seas, &c. Carter Glass was another liberal Virginian who's a personal favorite of mine. Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943136764424893492noreply@blogger.com