Alexander Stephens

Alexander Stephens Reinforces The Cornerstone

by Kevin Levin on January 23, 2013 · 9 comments · Follow me on

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We are all familiar with Alexander Stephens’s famous “Cornerstone Speech” which he delievered on March 21, 1861 in Savannah, Georgia.  In it he lays out the purpose of the new Confederate government and the proper status of black people: The new Constitution has put at rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar [...]